NHS pay cap scrapped but Health Secretary won’t rule out cuts to services
Jeremy Hunt has told MPs the NHS pay cap has been scrapped, but was unable to rule out cutting health services to fund rises above 1%. The Health Secretary said
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Mental health cuts leaving workforce exposed to routine violence and aggression, survey
Reduced funding to mental health services across the UK is leaving staff vulnerable to violence and aggression from patients, and means they cannot provide the level of care needed, says
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Social care cuts have been disaster for NHS provision, says ex-health secretary
Cuts to social care have had a disastrous effect on NHS provision, a Labour former health secretary has warned. Lord Reid of Cardowan argued the move had a knock-on effect
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Charity issues care warning in protest against Birmingham City Council cuts
A women’s refuge charity is warning more children will end up in care and more domestic abuse victims will be murdered if proposed council cuts go ahead. Hundreds have been
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Tory MP Sarah Wollaston hits out at Government over public health budget cuts
A senior Tory MP has called on ministers to “stop the cuts” to public health budgets. Dr Sarah Wollaston, the chairwoman of the Health Select Committee, said reductions in funding
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Engage: Funding cuts could leave victims of domestic violence with nowhere to go
Right across England and Wales, local councils have been coping with successive cuts to their budgets for the past six years. Between 2010 and 2015, cuts to local councils amounted
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West Midlands NHS trust set to cut 450 jobs as part of budget savings
An NHS hospital trust is to cut 450 jobs in a bid to make budget savings. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which currently employs 7,500 people, said the
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Corbyn says Government does not understand ‘cuts have their consequences’
Jeremy Corbyn has warned the Government has yet to understand “cuts have their consequences” as he claimed it is continuing to fail Britain. The Labour leader said the Conservatives have
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Corbyn warns already ‘devastated’ public services face fresh Government squeeze
Schools, hospitals and other public services left “devastated” by “ideological” Conservative cuts face a fresh squeeze on finances, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed. In the final hours of campaigning before the
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Government accused of ‘devolving blame for cuts to local government’
The Government is “devolving the blame for their cuts” through changes to the local government funding settlement, Labour has claimed. Shadow communities and local government minister Steve Reed (pictured) argued
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