Poverty taking a heavy toll on UK’s health and NHS services
People living in poverty find it harder to live a healthy life, live with greater illness, face barriers to accessing timely treatment, and die earlier than the rest of the population, says analysis from The King’s Fund health and care think tank...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Poverty’s toll on the nation’s health a “mounting catastrophe” in need of political attention – JRF
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is warning that the nation’s health can’t be protected only through NHS reform, as new JRF-backed research by the King’s Fund health and care think tank exposed the staggering toll poverty is taking on NHS services...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Israel government continues to block aid response despite ICJ genocide court ruling, says Oxfam
Israeli authorities have rejected a warehouse full of international aid including oxygen, incubators and Oxfam water and sanitation gear all of which is now stockpiled at Al Arish just 40kms away from the border...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Boost funding to improve health and ease pressure on NHS
Tackling poverty must be as much of a priority as bringing down waiting lists to improve people’s health and to use NHS resources in the best way, a report by The King’s Fund says...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Boost for drivers as millions delivered for EV chargepoints across the country
Charging electric vehicles is set to get even easier thanks to hundreds of millions of funding made available for local authorities, homeowners and renters today...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Prime Minister to announce major reform package to boost apprenticeships and cut red tape for thousands of small businesses
In his first economic speech since the Spring Budget, the Prime Minister is expected to set out a major package of reforms to support businesses to deliver more apprenticeship places...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Rail unions and environmental groups call for peak rail fares in Scotland to be scrapped permanently
Scotland’s four rail unions and the STUC have joined forces with some of Scotland’s main environmental groups as well the sustainable transport organisation, Transform Scotland...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Hidden costs of Rwanda scheme revealed to be in the billions, finds IPPR
New analysis by IPPR reveals the true costs of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to be in the billions...
Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01
Labour sets out returns plan for failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals to fix Tory immigration chaos
Labour has promised to take immediate steps in government to swiftly and efficiently remove those with no right to be in the UK as part of a major overhaul...
Sunday, 17 March 2024 22:30
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The UN chief has condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes...
Sunday, 17 March 2024 16:16