The Government expects the number of Ukrainians being granted visas for the UK to increase “very, very quickly”, a minister has said. The Home Office has been under pressure to
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Peers have thrown down the gauntlet to the Government in demanding better workforce planning in health and social care, amid warnings of a staffing crisis. Inflicting a defeat on the
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said the NHS must stop using energy supplied by the Russian-owned firm Gazprom. A senior government source told the PA news agency that Mr Javid
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Apologising to care home staff following the Government’s U-turn on mandatory vaccination “doesn’t feel like the right thing to do”, the care minister has said. Gillian Keegan (pictured) said the
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Health and social care workers in England will no longer be required by law to be vaccinated against Covid-19, after a consultation saw the vast majority of people support the
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The social care sector could face extra pressure from the “unmet need” of people who avoided such services during the first and second waves of the pandemic, a report has
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A furious war of words has erupted between the Government and Labour over Britain’s treatment of people fleeing Ukraine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK is “of course” going
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A charity has revealed there were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months. Data taken from
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has defended the Government’s Covid response against accusations that MPs were unable to scrutinise controversial provisions and were left “shouting through the letterbox” of Number 10.
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Health unions have reacted with anger after discovering that the Government is recommending a maximum pay rise of 3% this year for NHS workers in England. Unison said the figure
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