At least 30% of councils in some of the poorest areas of the country are considering declaring effective bankruptcy this year or next, it has emerged. A survey of 47
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Suella Braverman has insisted that the Bibby Stockholm barge is safe after firefighters raised the possibility of legal action over concerns about the safety of those on board. It comes
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The cost of the UK’s asylum system almost doubled in a year and now stands at nearly £4 billion as the backlog hit another record high. Home Office spending on
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Parents of babies attacked by Lucy Letby received a “total fob off” from a hospital medical director after raising concerns, a lawyer representing them has said. Ian Harvey was medical
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Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in jail for her “cruel, calculated and cynical campaign” of murder and attempted murder of babies at the hospital where she
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The Government has ordered an independent inquiry into the Lucy Letby case, after the nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others. The Government
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Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital neonatal unit. Prosecutors said Letby, 33, was a “calculated opportunist” who used
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The Government has confirmed that NHS England cancer targets are to be streamlined, moving from 10 performance standards to three from October. The new guidelines will move away from the
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The level of funding allocated for a range of key public services is often below the amount required to meet the needs of many poorer communities, a study has found.
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Targets that ensure patients see a specialist within two weeks of being urgently referred by their GP for suspected cancer could be scrapped, with a charity calling news of the
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