Peers have criticised “regressive” measures set out in the autumn statement enabling local authorities to receive more social care funding by raising council tax and delaying long-awaited reforms. Chancellor Jeremy
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A Cabinet minister has insisted there are no “immediate plans” for the Army to step in to help the NHS during a potential winter of strikes, but conceded it is
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More than 4,000 European doctors have opted not to work in the NHS following the Brexit vote in 2016, research has revealed. According to analysis from the Nuffield Trust health
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Details will be set out soon on which services within the NHS will be exempt from strike action, as the health service prepares for the likely cancellation of thousands of
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A woman with Down’s syndrome has lost a Court of Appeal challenge over legislation which allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth. Heidi Crowter (pictured), 27,
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A family court judge has praised the “strength of character” of a “vulnerable” teenager who spent nearly eight months living under constant supervision in an Airbnb after going into council
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Too many children have been “failed” through a lack of progress on improving social services in the last decade, a Conservative former children’s minister has told the Commons. Tim Loughton
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Funding social care through increased council tax is “highly regressive and inequitable”, a Tory former Cabinet minister has warned. Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (pictured) levelled his criticism with the lion’s
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Reports that a Tory peer may have benefited from Covid PPE contracts raise “far wider” questions about how the Government awarded such agreements, Labour has said. Labour deputy leader Angela
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Suella Braverman has been accused of being “out of her depth” after conceding many asylum seekers would need to come to the UK in order to submit a claim. MPs
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