The Work and Pensions Secretary has admitted not being aware of a Government report warning that the rise in National Insurance could increase the likelihood of family breakdown. Therese Coffey
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Andy Burnham has warned that Labour has no time to waste in setting out an alternative to Boris Johnson’s plan for social care. Writing for the Evening Standard, the mayor
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An official who led the Welsh NHS through the coronavirus pandemic is to become Wales’s most senior civil servant. NHS Wales chief executive Dr Andrew Goodall will take over as
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A new £10 million long Covid support fund to help health boards respond to the condition has been announced by the Health Secretary, The fund is designed to maximise and
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The Government is being urged to intervene to prevent job losses at the organisation that regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. Unions said they
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Health and care workers who refuse to get vaccinated could be moved to back-office roles, the care minister has suggested. Helen Whately (pictured) said there were people who could not
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The Government will be keeping a “really close eye” on how extra funding will be spent by the NHS, a minister has said, amid fears cash eventually destined for social
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Consultation has begun on plans to mandate Covid-19 and flu vaccinations for frontline health and care staff, the Government has announced. The six-week consultation process will take views on whether
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Boris Johnson has secured MPs’ backing for his controversial £12 billion tax hike to pay for health and social care despite seeing his Commons majority cut. The House voted by
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The costs of care in old age can be scarily high and difficult to plan for, particularly if it becomes necessary to move into a care home. It’s estimated that
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