A health minister provoked shock in the Commons after saying there are “seats available” in hospitals when beds are not. Opposition MPs reacted angrily when Philip Dunne made the remark
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People in Wales are set to be asked their views on the Welsh government’s plans to ban the smacking of children. If implemented, the ban would make Wales the second
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Thousands of carers could be missing out on valuable rights which would help them build a bigger state pension, figures obtained by a mutual insurer suggest. Royal London said a
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We have put extra funding in. There are more beds available across the system, we’ve reduced the number of delayed discharges of elderly people who would otherwise have been in
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Homelessness in England is a “national crisis” and the Government’s approach to tackling the problem has been an “abject failure”, according to a damning report. More than 9,000 people are
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Local authorities are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to 5.99% next year, after a further relaxation of the Government-imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for
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Jeremy Hunt has attempted to play down Labour estimates which suggest the NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts. The Health Secretary claimed a desire for more nurses and reforms
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Plans to give local authorities the power to raise council tax by an extra 1% will generate only a fraction of the funding shortfall in social care, a senior Labour
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A Tory MP has urged ministers to consider “centralised funding” of social care in a similar system to the NHS. Huw Merriman made the call as he highlighted the situation
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Ministers have pledged to reform tests for disability benefits after accepting all the recommendations in an official review. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has accepted partially or in
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