A lifestyle firm got a £25.8 million personal protective equipment (PPE) contract after being referred to officials by Tory chairman Greg Hands. Luxe Lifestyle was awarded the contract as the
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The Government’s decision not to review open-ended prison sentences being served by nearly 3,000 dangerous offenders has been described as a “missed opportunity” by the chairman of the Commons Justice
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Physiotherapists across the country have walked out after their union accused the Government of being “intransigent” over pay negotiations. Action took place across 33 hospital trusts on Thursday as a
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Children’s social care providers are making “obscene profits”, while many looked after children are not receiving adequate care, a Labour frontbencher told Parliament. Baroness Chapman of Darlington (pictured) told peers
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The Government has been accused of being “on strike” itself during the biggest walkout in NHS history. The service saw a “hugely disrupted day” after tens of thousands of workers
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The cost of maintenance work on England’s hospitals exceeded £1 billion last year, data shared by ministers has revealed. Some £1,013,000,000 was spent on maintaining the hospitals estate in the
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Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for
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Scotland’s health secretary has said the recovery of the NHS after its toughest winter ever could take years. Speaking to STV’s Scotland Tonight, Humza Yousaf said he still believed he
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A petition signed by 100,000 members of the public, nursing staff and patients will be delivered to 10 Downing Street on Thursday calling on the Prime Minister to pay nursing
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Labour has condemned the £200 million package of measures to fix children’s social care, insisting the plan has “no vision” and “no ambition” for the most vulnerable children. Education Secretary
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