The leader of Birmingham City Council has said “tough decisions” must be made to save the local authority as unions called for urgent talks to safeguard jobs. Councillor John Cotton
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Humza Yousaf set his sights on tackling the “scourge of poverty” as he revealed the Scottish Government’s priorities for the coming year. In a wide ranging speech, the Scottish First
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Birmingham City Council has declared itself in financial distress over multimillion-pound liabilities to settle equal pay claims. In a statement on Tuesday, Europe’s largest local authority confirmed that it had
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One of the country’s most senior judges will lead the inquiry into serial killer nurse Lucy Letby’s crimes, the Health Secretary has said. Steve Barclay told MPs Lady Justice Thirlwall
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Politicians must commit to investing more in better diagnosing dementia in a bid to give people access to up-and-coming drugs and ensure the disease “does not remain a death sentence”
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Children experiencing homelessness are too often “invisible” and “overlooked”, an expert has said, as analysis showed stark differences in the picture across England when it comes to families in temporary
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An estimated 121,000 patients died while waiting for NHS treatment in England last year, Labour has claimed. Figures obtained through freedom of information requests suggest record numbers of people are
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The inquiry into serial killer Lucy Letby’s crimes will become statutory, the Health Secretary Steve Barclay has announced. The move to a statutory footing grants the inquiry legal powers to
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The flu and Covid-19 vaccine programme is to start earlier than planned this year, officials have said. It comes after a new variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 was
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A local authority says it has been “forced” into a position of failing to meet its duties to look after children in its care amid a “wholly inadequate” national system
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