The Health Secretary is to strip a disgraced breast surgeon of his £1 million pension pot. Ian Paterson (pictured) is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found to
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The Scottish Government has been accused of ignoring the needs of those who use and work in social care by continuing to move ahead with its plans for a National
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Proposals to change the law to give terminally ill people “choice at the end of life” are to be introduced in Parliament this month. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she
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Councils say they are “staring down the barrel” financially, as new analysis suggests they will be limited to being “little more than care services” by the end of this Parliament
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Ministers have been urged to do “much more” to tackle problem drinking as the minimum price of a unit of alcohol rises from 50p to 65p. Scottish Health Action on
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Two pensioners are seeking to take the Scottish and UK governments to court over the cut to the winter fuel payment. Peter and Florence Fanning (pictured), of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire,
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Veterans, young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse will be given a “guaranteed roof over their head”, Sir Keir Starmer has promised. The Prime Minister pledged that “homes will
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The Scottish Association of Social Work and the local government body Cosla have both raised concerns with MSPs scrutinising the legislation. Care services could find themselves caught up in a
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Rachel Reeves promised to “chase down” firms who have ripped off the taxpayer with dodgy Covid contracts. The Chancellor used her speech at the Labour Party conference to announce she
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Nurses have rejected the Government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England rejected the deal by two-thirds
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