Clapping for the NHS during the pandemic may have been “dangerous” because “no organisation can be a national religion”, the health service ombudsman has said. Rebecca Hilsenrath, the Parliamentary and
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Up to 18 new clinical trial hubs will open across the UK as part of a £400 million public-private investment aimed at fast-tracking new medicines. Experts said the move will
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Sir Keir Starmer has defended stopping all pensioners receiving the winter fuel payment, amid warnings it could create a “public health emergency”. The Prime Minister used a speech in Downing
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A ban on international care workers bringing dependants to the UK has been branded “brutal” and blamed for cutting a “lifeline of overseas staff” after new data showed a sharp
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Yvette Cooper has signalled she will press ahead with the previous government’s plan to reopen two immigration centres in a bid to achieve the highest rate of removals since Theresa
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Scotland’s drug deaths remain the worst in Europe as ministers vowed to intensify efforts to deal with the problem, after a “hugely concerning” 12% rise in fatalities last year. Health
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has held discussions with Northern Ireland’s police chief over concerns that the organisation is chronically underfunded. Sir Keir (pictured) met Chief Constable Jon Boutcher at
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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the new UK Labour Government will reduce homelessness across the country, during a visit to a housing scheme set up by a charity in
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Victims of the infected blood scandal can receive support for life, while those who were subjected to “unethical” research will get up to £15,000 extra, under changes to a multibillion-pound
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More than 700 migrants crossed the Channel on the day two people died attempting the journey – the highest number of daily crossings since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister.
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