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Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Health
The Prime Minister has said that social care in England is “as unfair as American health care” as he pledged to do what successive governments have failed to do and reform the system.
Why Is Social Care Such A Thorny Issue For UK Prime Ministers?
Health
Why Is Social Care Such A Thorny Issue For UK Prime Ministers?
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are 'On A Journey' To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
Health
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are "On A Journey" To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
Health
Children Are Turning To AI Chatbots For Mental Health Support
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Health
How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Health
Asylum Reforms Could Put More Pressure On Mental Health Services, Home Office Warned
Opinion
No one should spend their final months fighting for financial support
Health
By Dr Sam Royston
No one should spend their final months fighting for financial support
Building resilience is a team effort – Westminster can do more to help volunteer search and rescue
Environment
By Torcuil Crichton MP
Building resilience is a team effort – Westminster can do more to help volunteer search and rescue
DHSC alone cannot fix our health and care crisis
Health
By Baroness Nargund
DHSC alone cannot fix our health and care crisis
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Burnham's ban on spads speaking to journalists is absurd and unworkable
Burnham's ban on spads speaking to journalists is absurd and unworkable
By Peter Cardwell
Political parties
How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?
How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?
Economy
“She dared to be a Daniel, she dared to stand alone”: Tributes to Ann Widdecombe
“She dared to be a Daniel, she dared to stand alone”: Tributes to Ann Widdecombe
By Lord Alton, Baroness Hoey & Baroness Browning
Obituaries
Big Tech Firms Are 'Winning In A Big Way' On Online Safety, Warns Jess Phillips
Big Tech Firms Are "Winning In A Big Way" On Online Safety, Warns Jess Phillips
Home affairs
How Andy Burnham could do immigration differently
How Andy Burnham could do immigration differently
By Beth Gardiner-Smith
Home affairs
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National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Labour MP Michelle Welsh has just been appointed the government’s first national maternity adviser. She tells Sienna Rodgers about her personal experience of birth trauma and why she’s fighting for all mums and babies to be better treated by our maternity services
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Health
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to? Sienna Rodgers and Zoe Crowther explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Health
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs applying pressure on the Health Secretary over the divisive puberty blockers trial
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Nicola Sturgeon says she won’t be ‘pressured’ into lifting lockdown as she presses ahead with three-week extension
Coronavirus
Nicola Sturgeon says she won’t be ‘pressured’ into lifting lockdown as she presses ahead with three-week extension
The Scottish First Minister has said the lockdown “must be extended” in Scotland as Boris Johnson considers relaxing restrictions in England.
Boris Johnson tells Cabinet he will proceed with ‘maximum caution’ as lockdown review looms
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson tells Cabinet he will proceed with ‘maximum caution’ as lockdown review looms
Boris Johnson has told the Cabinet he will “advance with maximum caution” as the Government weighs up how far to loosen Britain’s strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
EXCL MPs demand urgent PPE for transport workers following 26 coronavirus deaths
Coronavirus
EXCL MPs demand urgent PPE for transport workers following 26 coronavirus deaths
A cross-party group of MPs has written to ministers and the Mayor of London urging them to ensure protective equipment is provided to transport workers as the UK eyes an end to lockdown.
Give us a break: can the UK's £127bn tourism industry recover from coronavirus?
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Give us a break: can the UK's £127bn tourism industry recover from coronavirus?
From Cornwall to Shetland, UK tourism is facing an existential crisis, with the highest proportion of workers on furlough of any UK industry. With no idea if businesses will be able to reopen even when lockdown eases, how can we save the sector?
MPs and peers demand greater data protections before NHS coronavirus tracing app rolled out
Coronavirus
MPs and peers demand greater data protections before NHS coronavirus tracing app rolled out
Ministers must improve data protections in the NHS coronavirus tracing app before it is made widely available to the public, an influential group of MPs and peers have said.
Black people four times more likely to be killed by coronavirus, according to new analysis of UK death figures
Coronavirus
Black people four times more likely to be killed by coronavirus, according to new analysis of UK death figures
New analysis of the UK’s death figures from coronavirus reveal black people are over four times more likely to die from the disease than white people.
Government willing to extend furlough scheme 'beyond June', Cabinet minister reveals
Coronavirus
Government willing to extend furlough scheme 'beyond June', Cabinet minister reveals
The Government is willing to extend its furlough wage scheme "beyond June", according to a senior Cabinet minister.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society responds to Boris Johnson’s comments on care homes
We haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that deaths in care homes are slowing down, and any other implication would be dangerously complacent
Coronavirus: Cabinet minister claims unused Turkish PPE a ‘good example’ of bid to protect frontline from inadequate gear
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Cabinet minister claims unused Turkish PPE a ‘good example’ of bid to protect frontline from inadequate gear
The fact that officials stepped in to stop a shipment of personal protective equipment from Turkey being used is a “good example” of the Government’s efforts to shield staff from the coronavirus, a Cabinet minister has said.
Coronavirus
By IPSE
Coronavirus crisis drives freelancer confidence index to “unimagined lows”
Freelancers’ confidence in their businesses and the wider economy has been driven to record lows by the Coronavirus crisis, according to research by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) and PeoplePerHour, Europe’s largest freelance marketplace.
UK GDP set for ‘dramatic’ 14% drop in 2020 amid coronavirus shutdown, Bank of England predicts
Coronavirus
UK GDP set for ‘dramatic’ 14% drop in 2020 amid coronavirus shutdown, Bank of England predicts
The UK economy will shrink by 14% this year and Britain will face “a substantial increase in unemployment” amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Bank of England has predicted.
Coronavirus
By Transport Focus
Reassure passengers that return to public transport will be safe, says watchdog
Independent watchdog Transport Focus is calling for reassurances for passengers as three in five (62%) say they wouldn’t feel comfortable using public transport unless social distancing is in place.
The Breakfast Briefing: Boris’s lockdown plan, Bank’s recession warning, Keir vs Corbyn
Coronavirus
The Breakfast Briefing: Boris’s lockdown plan, Bank’s recession warning, Keir vs Corbyn
Your essential morning guide to what’s moving in Westminster from the PoliticsHome team
How will the contact tracing App for COVID-19 work?
Coronavirus
By The Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology
How will the contact tracing App for COVID-19 work?
A trial is underway on the Isle of Wight to test an NHS contact tracing App to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. How do contact tracing Apps work, and how will the data be used? Susie Wright from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology explains
The hydrogen economy can help ensure a green and resilient economic recovery Partner content
Coronavirus
By Cadent
The hydrogen economy can help ensure a green and resilient economic recovery
PoliticsHome recently spoke to Dr Angie Needle, Director of Strategy at Cadent Gas, to learn more about their strategy for the transition to net zero and how this can contribute to a green and resilient economic recovery.
Farmers cannot be the forgotten heroes of the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
By Dods Monitoring
Farmers cannot be the forgotten heroes of the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has amplified the uncertainty and fragility of the conditions within which farmers operate.
Labour MP working at care home claims she was sacked for speaking out on PPE shortages
Coronavirus
Labour MP working at care home claims she was sacked for speaking out on PPE shortages
A Labour MP who returned to her old job at a care home during the coronavirus pandemic claims she has been sacked for speaking out about the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff.
Boris Johnson to scrap ‘stay at home’ message with plan to ease lockdown - starting with more exercise and sunbathing
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson to scrap ‘stay at home’ message with plan to ease lockdown - starting with more exercise and sunbathing
Boris Johnson is ready to ditch his “stay at home” message as he reveals the first stage of easing the coronavirus lockdown, starting with encouraging more outdoor exercise.
Half a million households facing homelessness in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, ministers warned
Coronavirus
Half a million households facing homelessness in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, ministers warned
Ministers must put housing "at the centre" of the coronavirus lockdown exit strategy to avoid a spike in homelessness, council have warned.
EXCL Public would back crackdown on social media amid wave of Covid-19 ‘disinformation’, new poll reveals
Coronavirus
EXCL Public would back crackdown on social media amid wave of Covid-19 ‘disinformation’, new poll reveals
A majority of Brits would back tough new curbs on social media giants amid a surge of “misleading” information on the coronavirus pandemic, new polling suggests.
Coronavirus testing level below Matt Hancock’s 100,000 target for fourth day in a row
Coronavirus
Coronavirus testing level below Matt Hancock’s 100,000 target for fourth day in a row
The number of coronavirus tests carried out every day in Britain has fallen back below the Government’s 100,000 target, hours after Boris Johnson vowed to boost capacity further.
Survey shows 70% of tower block residents say their buildings still have combustible cladding on
Coronavirus
Survey shows 70% of tower block residents say their buildings still have combustible cladding on
A new survey into those living in tower blocks reveals 70% of them still have on combustible cladding almost three years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Boris Johnson drops clear hint coronavirus lockdown measures will change on Monday as he confirms Sunday speech
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson drops clear hint coronavirus lockdown measures will change on Monday as he confirms Sunday speech
Boris Johnson has dropped a clear hint that Britain’s coronavirus lockdown measures will be tweaked from Monday, as he confirmed that he is planning to address the nation on Sunday night.
Boris Johnson says he ‘bitterly regrets’ care home coronavirus ‘crisis’ in PMQs clash with Keir Starmer
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson says he ‘bitterly regrets’ care home coronavirus ‘crisis’ in PMQs clash with Keir Starmer
Boris Johnson has said he “bitterly regrets” the “crisis” Britain’s care homes are facing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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