Public Accounts Committee report: Government must set out plan to secure medicine supplies after Brexit
Financial and supply-chain impact of price rises for generic drugs highlights urgent need for clarity...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
Government must "switch focus" to community care from DTOCS, warns ADASS
The Government must “switch focus” from reducing delays in transfers of care to ensuring community care is fully resourced...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
RAC: Potholes continue to wreak havoc: drivers more than twice as likely to breakdown due to hitting one than 12 years ago
Proportion of RAC pothole breakdowns still at second highest level since 2006: State of local roads is now drivers’ top motoring concern...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
Chancellor must tackle social care under-funding says NHS Confederation in response to ADASS survey
Responding to the survey of Social Care Directors in England by ADASS, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
LGA responds to RAC pothole breakdown report
Responding to a report by the RAC which claims that potholes are causing twice as many breakdowns as they did 12 years ago, Cllr Martin Tett, the Local Government Association’s Transport spokesman, said...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
LGA responds to ADASS release on community care
Responding to the press release by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services on community care, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said...
Friday, 12 October 2018 00:01
Reformed Plug-In Car Grant extended into next decade
The government has today announced changes to funding to support purchasing the next 35,000 of the cleanest vehicles...
Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:40
Government announces that medicinal cannabis is legal
For the first time in the UK, expert doctors have been given the option to legally issue prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines...
Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:27
Damian Hinds: Autonomy leads to progress in our schools
The freedom and autonomy of the academies programme has driven innovation and standards have risen in our school system, the Education Secretary Damian Hinds said...
Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:23
Windrush compensation scheme consultation extends
The consultation for the Windrush compensation scheme will now close on 16 November 2018 to ensure that everyone who wants to is able to contribute...
Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:21