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FAC: Business with China comes with “strings attached”

The Foreign Affairs Committee today (Friday 22 March) publishes the Government response to its report “Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific”...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Which? exposes the customer service scoundrels - with Scottish Power, Ovo Energy and British Gas worst energy culprits for slow and unhelpful support

Which? is calling for Scottish Power, Ovo Energy and British Gas to urgently improve their customer service as new analysis from the consumer champion finds they are the worst energy suppliers...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Civil service morale hit by chronic pay issues as recruitment and retention of staff at risk, say MPs

Morale in the civil service is being lowered by chronic pay issues, risking an inability to recruit and retain skilled staff...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Government still to fully implement agreed actions to improve patient safety after nine years, warns Committee’s Expert Panel

Government action to improve patient safety ‘requires improvement’ warn independent experts in a report published today by the Health and Social Care Committee...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Super charged: More than one-in-10 UK supermarkets now offer EV charging, RAC research shows

In 2023, supermarkets across the UK added electric vehicle (EV) chargers to over 600 new locations, meaning drivers can now charge up at more than one-in-10 of their stores, analysis from Zapmap and the RAC shows...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Weaknesses found in NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 'deeply concerning'

Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report, NHS England’s modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers said...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Government urged to get on with creating regulator of property agents by Lords committee

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the Government to get on with establishing a regulator of property agents, four years after it committed to doing so...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Nuffield Trust: Ambitious goals in NHS workforce plan must match reality

Responding to the National Audit Office report NHS England’s modelling for the Long-Term Workforce Plan, Nuffield Trust Senior Fellow Dr Billy Palmer said...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

£143 million for better bus journeys as almost a thousand zero-emission buses to hit the road

Millions of bus passengers will enjoy cleaner, more reliable and more comfortable journeys as the Government invests a further £143 million to roll out almost a thousand new zero-emission buses in England...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01

Welsh Government working with partners to protect patient safety during third junior doctors strike

The Welsh Government, NHS Wales and the British Medical Association are working together to ensure patient safety is protected while junior doctors take strike action for the third time next week...

Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01