Government is seeking to recoup money from Michelle Mone-linked firm after gowns rejected as unusable The company awarded large government personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts after an introduction by the Conservative peer Michelle Mone has declined to say how it would repay millions of pounds of public money for unused […]

Author Nazir Afzal labelled the service ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’ and hoped the review would be a ‘turning point’ Incidents of misogyny, racism and bullying have been exposed by an independent report on the culture at the UK’s largest firefighting and rescue organisation. Female firefighters have been groped, beaten and […]

Royal College of Nursing announces unprecedented action, likely to to be first in a series of strikes by NHS staff over winter The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced its members will stage national strikes – the first in its 106-year history – on 15 and 20 December, with […]

Minister’s insistence he referred all offers to civil service channels appears at odds with previously released email correspondence UK politics live – latest news updates Michael Gove is facing mounting pressure to fully explain his role in the government’s award of large PPE contracts to a company that was first […]

Marine Accident Investigation Branch condemned for slow progress in determining how last November’s tragedy occurred Bereaved families who lost relatives in a mass drowning in the Channel a year ago have criticised the UK body investigating the tragedy for a lack of progress in determining how and why dozens of […]