Recent Conservative governments have been more left wing than Attlee Opinion Here’s a Christmas quiz: Which has been Britain’s most left-wing government? According to Paul Ormerod, it’s not the one you think…. The extended Christmas holidays loom. One way of filling the time is to think about crucial questions such as who is England’s greatest ever batsman, which football club side is the best the world [...]
Court rejects appeal in data privacy class action against Google Legal A court has rejected an appeal against a decision to throw out a data privacy class action against Google and its AI subsidiary, DeepMind
MPs to vote on smoking ban bill and ‘harmful’ vape sales aimed at children Politics MPs are to vote on a landmark smoking bill which would raise the legal tobacco purchasing age and clamp down on “harmful” childhood vaping. Parliament will have its first debate on the measures in the proposed new law, followed by a vote in the House of Commons later today, in what’s known as the ‘second [...]
Unemployment hotspots to get more NHS funding under new back to work plan November 26, 2024 Places with the highest levels of joblessness will get extra NHS support as the government bids to “get Britain working again”. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall will announce the plans today as part of wide-ranging reforms designed to tackle economic inactivity and deliver the government’s promise to bring more than two million people back [...]
Streeting rolls out health service league tables to boost efficiency November 13, 2024 NHS trusts should be “turned into businesses”, a free market think tank has argued, amid Wes Streeting’s announcement of health service league tables in a bid to boost efficiency. The health secretary has confirmed failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and managers sacked if they don’t improve patient care and take [...]
NHS must be weaned off ‘more, more, more’ culture, warns Alan Milburn November 9, 2024 Alan Milburn, who ran the department under Tony Blair, warned that the NHS was “drinking in the last-chance saloon” .
Think care home fees are high? Just wait for Labour’s Budget to set in November 9, 2024 Care home fees are already alarmingly high, but Labour's Budget is likely to see them climb even higher, writes Lisa Morgan.
The Notebook: Why pharmacies could be key to NHS reform November 6, 2024 Want to reform the NHS? How about using the assets we've already got, writes Charac CEO Santosh Sahu in today's Notebook.
Autumn Budget 2024 Live: Rachel Reeves unveils sweeping tax reforms October 30, 2024 Welcome to City AM’s Autumn Budget 2024 live blog in association with RBC Wealth Management. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has set out out Labour’s tax and spending plans for the year ahead in the party’s first budget since coming to power over the summer. The Budget contains some of the biggest tax hikes in a [...]
New data bill to loosen red tape for businesses and NHS October 24, 2024 The UK government has introduced a new data bill to parliament to cut red tape for businesses and public service organisations like the NHS, which it claims could add £10bn to the economy over the next decade. The ‘Data Use and Access’ bill plans to make data sharing easier, reducing admin headaches for companies. For [...]