Diagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study finds The number of people under 40 being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the UK has risen 39% in six years, fuelled by soaring obesity levels and cheap junk food. Britain has […]

Some eligibility decisions have been linked to deaths of vulnerable claimants, and EHRC will examine if ministers acted unlawfully The treatment of chronically ill and disabled people by welfare officials, including benefits decisions subsequently linked to the deaths of vulnerable claimants, is to be formally investigated by Britain’s human rights […]

Mackinlay will return to public life on Wednesday for the first time since being diagnosed last September The Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay has revealed that he had both his hands and feet amputated last year due to sepsis. Mackinlay, who will return to public life on Wednesday for the first […]

US president sides with Israeli PM as he calls Karim Khan’s pursuit of warrants for Netanyahu along with Hamas leaders ‘outrageous’ Joe Biden has attacked as “outrageous” an application by the international criminal court for warrants seeking the arrest of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, along with senior members […]

Key people and groups involved in perpetuating and covering up the public health disaster, and those who brought it to light The infected blood scandal could largely have been avoided and there was a cover-up to hide the truth, an inquiry has concluded. Patients were knowingly exposed to unacceptable risks […]

For most it has come as a relief and a vindication of their suffering over decades. But anger and doubts remain What is the infected blood scandal? The final report on the infected blood scandal details the litany of government and healthcare failures which led to thousands of people being […]

The UK newspaper front pages all cover the conclusion to an inquiry which found the deaths of 3,000 people were made worse by cover-ups Rishi Sunak offers unequivocal apology Analysis: report confirms this tragedy was preventable Rishi Sunak’s words were echoed across almost all the major newspaper front pages on […]

Thousands of deaths could have been avoided, final report on infection of thousands with HIV or hepatitis C concludes The scandal that claimed the lives of 3,000 people treated with contaminated blood was inflamed by a “chilling” NHS and government cover-up, a scathing report has found on what Rishi Sunak […]

Report from official inquiry due to present findings in what has been described as biggest treatment disaster in history of NHS A long-awaited final report from the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is expected to call for those responsible to face prosecution, the Guardian has learned. The official […]

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but others say that is ‘politically impossible’ Next government must make hard university funding decisions, fast Vice-chancellors and former ministers are warning that the cash crisis facing universities is so serious that the next government will have to urgently […]