Government launches consultation on ways to reduce childcare costs in effort to tackle cost of living crisis Plans to ease childcare staffing ratios in nurseries …
British Medical Association says move will put patients and healthcare workers in England at significant risk Scrapping special Covid leave for NHS staff is “completely …
Falling passenger numbers, rising costs and the forthcoming end of emergency government funding blamed for services being reduced or terminated At least 135 bus routes …
Researchers find there could be many more ancient trees than previously recorded, amid calls for better protections There could be more than 2m ancient and …
Stricter CCGs told patients that they have to attain a certain body mass index before surgery The number of knee replacement operations carried out has …
Privately run homes have more police callouts and staff complaints than council ones, data shows Serious incidents involving the police and whistleblowing complaints are more …
Members of BBC staff have written a letter condemning the broadcaster’s decision to stand by Michael Vaughan in the wake of the Yorkshire racism scandal.
Numbers fall as patients given option of being treated more quickly at hospitals elsewhere in the country NHS England is poised to “virtually eliminate” the …
National Education Union writes to education secretary Nadhim Zahawi, calling for ‘inflation-plus’ pay rise Politics latest – live Leaders of the country’s largest teaching union …
Terminations increase to 215,000 with most pronounced rise among women aged 30-34 A record number of abortions took place in England and Wales last year …