Exclusive: Government-commissioned paper pinpoints budget squeeze as key reason for service’s loss of capacity A “decade of neglect” by successive Conservative administrations has weakened the NHS to the point that it will not be able to tackle the 7 million-strong backlog of care, a government-commissioned report has concluded. The paper […]

Industry body Make UK says ‘no sugar-coating poor outlook’ for next year and ‘possibly beyond’ Fears are growing over the state of the UK economy as it emerged that the manufacturing sector shrank by about 4% this year and is forecast to decline by a further 3.2% in 2023. Increasing […]

Suspect, 57, opens fire on a meeting of apartment block residents but police yet to comment on motive A man who opened fire on a meeting of apartment block residents in a coffee shop in northern Rome has killed three people, including a friend of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia […]

Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut NHS trusts are paying as much as £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, figures uncovered by Labour have shown, with the party saying that low staffing levels resulted in a significant rise in […]

Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting Plans for military staff to cover for striking workers are to be discussed at a Cobra meeting, amid warnings that over-stretched troops are being used repeatedly to bail out ministers unable to […]

West Midlands fire service said reports indicated the children were playing on the ice before falling through Four children have been taken to hospital in cardiac arrest after falling through the ice on a lake in Solihull, emergency services have said. West Midlands police said specialist teams are continuing an […]

Sistah Space says many domestic abuse services temporarily halted after founder spoke of encounter with Susan Hussey A charity led by a black domestic abuse campaigner who was asked where she “really came from” by the late queen’s senior lady-in-waiting has had to pause its operations because of safety fears. […]

Dahaba Ali Hussen, who has lived in London for 19 years, stopped while trying to board Eurostar in Paris A black EU citizen with settled status was temporarily denied entry to the UK when she attempted to board a Eurostar train in Paris on Saturday. Dahaba Ali Hussen, a Dutch […]

The Bank is likely to raise borrowing costs again this week – but how much longer can they keep going up? Bank of England officials are expected to take their foot off the accelerator when they meet this week to decide by how much the cost of borrowing should increase. […]

Royal College of Nursing and Unison call on health secretary to negotiate with them to avoid action at Christmas and new year Health unions made a dramatic offer on Saturday night to suspend a wave of planned strikes that threatens to cripple the NHS over Christmas and the new year […]