Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next electionThe Conservatives are planning to make sweeping cuts beyond the £47bn announced last year...
Read MoreHammersmith and Fulham says it faces ‘biggest financial challenge in living memory’ as government cuts biteA flagship Labour authority has warned it may have to impose a 150% council tax rise on residents to maintain current...
Read MoreClaimants are asked to dig out decades-old medical records to prove they qualify despite inquiry’s recommendationsSuzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with...
Read MoreNational Education Union welcomes news that schools will not have to partly fund increase from their own budgetsThe UK’s biggest education union is claiming a significant victory after the government bowed to pressure and agreed...
Read MoreHealth secretary says extreme demand no longer confined to winter as service in England warns of knock-on effectsThe NHS faced the “busiest summer in its history” as the UK experienced a series of heatwaves, health officials...
Read MoreExclusive: Pay increases to two weeks in England and Wales after Guardian revealed officers ‘mocked’ for taking time offPaid paternity leave for police in England and Wales is to double, after the Guardian revealed last year...
Read MoreCampaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise itBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water has paid its finance chief a £1m signing fee despite teetering on the brink of a...
Read MoreDoctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in EnglandA US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid...
Read MoreThe investigative journalist Lucas Amin reports on how the tech company Palantir won a £330m contract with the NHS … and what happened once its software was introducedHow did Palantir – sometimes described as ‘the world’s...
Read MoreExclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen...
Read MoreCouncillors pass motion that paves way to setting up drugs-consumption facility where users can be helped and treatedUK politics live – latest updatesBristol has been formally declared a “city of harm reduction”, with local...
Read MoreAnalysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’Children in the UK will grow up to be one of the unhealthiest generations in decades, with child health outcomes...
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