Category: Public services policy

Living standards 2025 outlook ‘hardly cause for celebration’, says UK thinktank

Household incomes to stagnate or fall but will be offset by better public services, says Resolution FoundationHousehold incomes will stagnate or fall next year but the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will be hoping people feel better...

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NHS at risk of paralysis while waiting for Wes Streeting’s reforms, says thinktank

Leaders in health service should be able to bring in reforms to cut huge waiting times, says charity founderThe NHS is at risk of paralysis while it waits for Wes Streeting’s 10-year plan for reform and needs to be...

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Union anger over Labour government’s ‘insulting’ 2.8% public sector pay plan

Pay review bodies will make final recommendations on proposed rises for teachers, NHS staff and other workersThe government is set for a clash with trade unions after ministers recommended a 2.8% pay rise for teachers, NHS staff...

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Don’t expect better public services ‘by Christmas’, Starmer says

Prime minister says problems in health, housing and education will take years to rebuild• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told voters not to expect rapid public service improvements as he seeks to...

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Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Written complaints about DWP double, while prisons, the NHS and higher education experience big increaseComplaints about public services have soared by more than a third since 2016 with substantial jumps in relation to benefits,...

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Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care • Gordon Brown: We need better end-of-life care, not assisted dyingThe former prime...

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Phillipson ‘likely’ to vote against assisted dying bill as Starmer warns ministers

PM confirms he will vote on bill but stresses importance of government neutrality before free voteWhat have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?UK politics live – latest updatesBridget Phillipson, the...

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