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Catch the latest Financial News EventsPrivate firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHSPrivate firms providing services to the NHS including healthcare and consultancy have made £1.6bn in profits over the last two years,...
More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says
Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent yearsMore than a fifth of all “austerity generation” British children have been scarred by poverty for at least half their childhood, a direct legacy of the...
The incredible life of the ‘bird man’ refugee who brought tweets, chirps and trills to British radio
Ludwig Koch was once as influential as David Attenborough is today – a new film by his granddaughter sheds light on a tragic event in the naturalist’s life in Berlin before he fled the NazisIn his lifetime, pioneering German sound recordist Ludwig Koch’s heavily...
‘I just want to feel like me again’: the women still waiting for breast reconstruction years after lockdown
At the height of Covid, hundreds of cancer patients had mastectomies without the reconstruction that would normally accompany them. They would eventually get the surgery, they were told – but for many that promise feels more meaningless by the dayEvery time she lifts...