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Rishi Sunak Vows To End 'Sick Note Culture' On 'Moral Mission' To Reform Welfare
Rishi Sunak Vows To End "Sick Note Culture" On "Moral Mission" To Reform Welfare
Health
Rishi Sunak has vowed to end the “sick note culture” and as he has declared a “moral mission” to reform the welfare system.
Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
Health
Dozens Of Tory MPs Oppose Smoking Ban As It Clears First Commons Hurdle
Downing Street Braced For Smoking Ban Snub From Dozens Of Tory MPs
Health
Downing Street Braced For Smoking Ban Snub From Dozens Of Tory MPs
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
Health
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
Health
New Report Recommends Mental Health Crisis Should Be At Heart Of Wider Government Policy
Mental Health Leaders Warn Half Of Students Are Losing Out On School Support
Health
Mental Health Leaders Warn Half Of Students Are Losing Out On School Support
Home Office Warned Migrant Care Workers Face Exploitation Risk
Health
Home Office Warned Migrant Care Workers Face Exploitation Risk
The House Live
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
Health
By Lord McFall
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Why system change is critical to harness the potential of gene therapies
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge? Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge?
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Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
Culture
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
By Harriet Symonds
Communities
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From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
Health
By Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose
From surviving to thriving: the new care system putting patients' needs first
Recovery after intensive care can be a years-long challenge. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Paul Twose, a consultant therapist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, chart one patient’s journey from ICU to playing rugby for Wales to show how a new care system puts patients’ needs at its heart
“The question is not to diminish funding; the question is to increase funding': The World Health Organization interview
Health
By Sophie Church
“The question is not to diminish funding; the question is to increase funding": The World Health Organization interview
Donald Trump said he would suspend funding to the World Health Organization in the pandemic. Now, some in the UK question our membership. Sophie Church speaks to Europe’s regional director Hans Kluge about why the WHO is preparing for the worst
Doctor's orders: Why patients are still fighting to receive a medical cannabis prescription
Health
By Sophie Church
Doctor's orders: Why patients are still fighting to receive a medical cannabis prescription
Medical cannabis was legalised in 2018, but patients are still fighting to be prescribed. Sophie Church looks at whether a Labour government would make access simpler
Health & Care news
Anger as government says free hospital parking for NHS staff cannot ‘continue indefinitely’
Coronavirus
Anger as government says free hospital parking for NHS staff cannot ‘continue indefinitely’
Free hospital parking for NHS staff in England will end in all but “certain circumstances” as the coronavirus pandemic eases, the Government has confirmed.
Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘shameful’ attempt to blame care homes over coronavirus response
Coronavirus
Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘shameful’ attempt to blame care homes over coronavirus response
Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of a “shameful” attempt to blame care home operators for the high death toll among residents and staff.
Government to pay young people’s wages for six months as Rishi Sunak unveils coronavirus ‘Plan for Jobs’
Coronavirus
Government to pay young people’s wages for six months as Rishi Sunak unveils coronavirus ‘Plan for Jobs’
The state will subsidise the creation of tens of thousands of jobs for young people hit by the coronavirus crisis under a three-point “Plan for Jobs” unveiled by Rishi Sunak on Wednesday.
Tories cancel party conference due to coronavirus pandemic and replace it with virtual version
Coronavirus
Tories cancel party conference due to coronavirus pandemic and replace it with virtual version
The Conservatives have followed other political parties in moving their annual conferences online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Boris Johnson urges Brits to cover their noses when wearing face masks amid warning UK ‘way behind’ other countries
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson urges Brits to cover their noses when wearing face masks amid warning UK ‘way behind’ other countries
Boris Johnson has urged the British public to shield their noses when wearing face masks, amid a warning from scientists that the UK is “way behind” other nations in covering up.
Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for coronavirus care home comments but praises them for ‘brilliant job in very difficult circumstances’
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for coronavirus care home comments but praises them for ‘brilliant job in very difficult circumstances’
Boris Johnson is refusing to apologise for claims that care homes “didn't really follow the procedures" during the coronavirus crisis despite condemnation from the industry.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
ONS figures reveal consistent fall in care home Covid-19 deaths
Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that deaths in care homes due to Covid-19 are consistently falling.
We need a Covid Legacy Bill that puts health, wellbeing and happiness at the heart of decision-making
Coronavirus
By Debbie Abrahams MP
We need a Covid Legacy Bill that puts health, wellbeing and happiness at the heart of decision-making
Coronavirus has laid bare the deep inequalities in our country and the consequences they are having for people’s lives.
Coronavirus
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET welcome Chancellor's announcement of grants for home-owners to make energy saving improvements
We look forward to seeing what else is part of the wider £3bn plan to cut emissions and how Government plans to achieve the £9.2bn promise made in the election manifesto. Hopefully the Chancellor will have more to say in the budget tomorrow.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
What is really popular across the UK but some say is boring, Mr Chancellor?
Energy efficiency, Chancellor! A green recovery is simply impossible without it and voters want it! Tackling the UK’s unnecessarily leaky housing must be at the heart of the Chancellor’s stimulus plan to recover from Covid-19.
Explained: Can Oliver Dowden save the UK theatre industry from coronavirus?
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Explained: Can Oliver Dowden save the UK theatre industry from coronavirus?
The arts and culture sector has welcomed an unexpected £1.57bn cash boost from the Government. However, with a complex employment and regional picture, will the money go far enough for UK theatres and those who work in them?
Any bailout for the aviation sector must be predicated on strong carbon commitments
Coronavirus
By Ruth Cadbury MP
Any bailout for the aviation sector must be predicated on strong carbon commitments
Other governments are bailing out their aviation sectors, but imposing environmental conditions on doing so – the UK could learn a lesson about protecting both jobs and the planet
The UK’s ports are key to rebuilding the economy Partner content
Coronavirus
By Associated British Ports
The UK’s ports are key to rebuilding the economy
Ports can now provide the foundations for rebuilding the economy in the months ahead.
Our ports must be well connected to the rest of the country if we want to see strong trade
Coronavirus
By Stephen Metcalfe MP
Our ports must be well connected to the rest of the country if we want to see strong trade
Trade will be crucial to our Covid economic recovery – but we’ll need a strategic approach to regional connectivity and transport links for freight
Strategic support for airlines must mean long-term value for taxpayers
Coronavirus
By Steve Double MP
Strategic support for airlines must mean long-term value for taxpayers
UK aviation is of great strategic importance to our place in the world. But from regional airports to large international airlines, ongoing support will be needed to weather the Covid crisis
Rishi Sunak urged to pump £200bn into the economy and hand everyone a £500 voucher in wake of ‘unprecedented’ coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus
Rishi Sunak urged to pump £200bn into the economy and hand everyone a £500 voucher in wake of ‘unprecedented’ coronavirus crisis
Rishi Sunak is being urged to match the “unprecedented” coronavirus pandemic with a £200bn recovery package which would include £500 high street vouchers for everybody.
Boris Johnson accused of ‘travesty of leadership’ after he criticises care home response to coronavirus
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson accused of ‘travesty of leadership’ after he criticises care home response to coronavirus
Boris Johnson has been accused of making a “travesty of leadership” after he questioned the response of care homes to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rishi Sunak promises ‘eco-friendly economic recovery’ with £3bn injection for green jobs
Coronavirus
Rishi Sunak promises ‘eco-friendly economic recovery’ with £3bn injection for green jobs
Rishi Sunak is set to announce £3 billion of new investment in green projects as part of a pledge to “kickstart eco-friendly economic recovery” and create jobs in low carbon industries.
Boris Johnson urges Brits not to 'stuff this up' after pubs reopened across England
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson urges Brits not to 'stuff this up' after pubs reopened across England
Boris Johnson has urged Britons not to "stuff this up" after thousands flocked to pubs and bars over the weekend.
No date yet for functioning Covid-19 app, test and trace chief Dido Harding tells Lords
Coronavirus
No date yet for functioning Covid-19 app, test and trace chief Dido Harding tells Lords
Ministers are still unable to provide a date for the unveiling of a functioning coronavirus test and trace app after they were forced to ditch the original model.
Number 10 says it ‘wants to make progress’ on social care funding after NHS boss sets one year deadline to fix crisis
Coronavirus
Number 10 says it ‘wants to make progress’ on social care funding after NHS boss sets one year deadline to fix crisis
Number 10 has insisted it is aiming to “make progress” on fixing the country’s social care funding crisis after the boss of the National Health Service set a one-year deadline for resolving the issue.
A healthy diet is simply unaffordable for many struggling families in Britain
Coronavirus
By Lord Krebs
A healthy diet is simply unaffordable for many struggling families in Britain
The way in which food is produced, manufactured, sold, marketed, and consumed in Britain makes it hard for everyone to eat a healthy diet, and makes it especially hard for the poorest members of society.
It’s time to step in and support the thousands of hardworking people excluded from Government support
Coronavirus
By Jamie Stone MP
It’s time to step in and support the thousands of hardworking people excluded from Government support
The new APPG for the Excluded will meet for the first time tomorrow to help those left with no income in coronavirus, abandoned and ignored by the Government
We cannot afford a generation of mass unemployment, that’s why we need a back-to-work budget focused on 'jobs, jobs, jobs'
Coronavirus
By Pat McFadden MP
We cannot afford a generation of mass unemployment, that’s why we need a back-to-work budget focused on 'jobs, jobs, jobs'
The UK does not need hyperbole from the Government, it needs a plan that understands investment in people matters as much as bricks and mortar.
EventsAll
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
2024
Online
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
The road to proactive government
2024
Online
The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024