The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has admitted “horrific” failures by the force and apologised to victims after an elite armed officer was revealed as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.
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The Health Secretary has been warned by doctors’ unions that he must address the “workforce crisis” at a meeting during which there was no movement on pay demands. Steve Barclay
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Rishi Sunak’s administration stood accused by a Labour MP of being the “most authoritarian Government in Britain in living memory” as the business secretary set out new laws requiring minimum
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Scotland’s hospitals are “almost completely full”, the First Minister has warned as she outlined measures to ease NHS pressures. In a news briefing alongside Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and the
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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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Lawyers say the Government is claiming more than £130 million after suing a firm at the centre of a row over the supply of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus
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Concerns have been raised about a shortage of cough and cold medicines available in pharmacies as winter bugs continue to spread at high levels. Throat lozenges, cough mixtures and some
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The Health Secretary has blamed high numbers of flu cases, Covid-19 and Strep A fears for the particular pressures the NHS faced over Christmas. Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior
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Home Office rules affecting millions of EU citizens living in the UK under a scheme designed to settle their immigration status after Brexit are unlawful, a High Court judge has
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Almost all of the ambulance trusts in England are at such a level of disruption that the environment might not be considered safe and patients might face harm. The majority
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