Cost of maintenance backlog has increased dramatically since 2015 and health service lost 600 days of clinical time to related incidents in the past year A decade-long failure to address urgent repairs in hospitals across England has led to a dramatic rise in issues posing a “high risk” to patients […]

Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people died Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christmas Day, but stopped short of admitting Russia was responsible. The Kremlin […]

Underinvestment has led to crumbling infrastructure in schools, hospitals and courts, Guardian study shows ‘Our school has been homeless for two years’ More than 1.5 million children are studying in dilapidated school buildings, a Guardian investigation has found, with years of underinvestment leaving England’s public infrastructure in a crumbling state. […]

Research for Lib Dems shows nearly 27,000 assaults were recorded last year, with about 3,200 deemed serious Assaults in prisons have been rising with an average of 74 a day recorded in England and Wales last year, including 25 assaults a day inflicted on staff, House of Commons library research […]

UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’ Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second world war, according […]