Health secretary suggested patients could go directly to diagnostic test or clinician to ease ‘bottleneck’ in NHS system Patients with cancer symptoms could bypass their GP in the future and go straight for a scan, the health secretary has suggested, in the latest “radical” attempt by the government to cut […]

Trio detained in February after counter-terrorism investigation are accused of working for Moscow’s security services, BBC reports Three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia while living in the UK have been arrested and charged, police have said. The defendants were among five people detained in February after a long-running […]

Exclusive: Ethics watchdog castigates government over power imbalance and effect on morale of erosion in conventions Ministers’ disparaging public attacks on civil servants have damaged staff retention and morale in Whitehall, the government’s ethics watchdog has said. Government officials have been accused of being “obstructive and furthering their own agenda”, […]

Social Mobility Foundation says it expects GCSE and A-level attainment gap based on income to grow this year Disadvantaged students are likely to bear the brunt of grade deflation when this year’s A-level and GCSE grades are published, according to experts, who said the government’s decision to impose pre-pandemic grading […]