Tory prison expansion plan to cost £4bn more than planned, damning NAO report finds
The NAO has described the plan as “unrealistic and not prioritised”.
Public Services
Labour has ‘historic opportunity’ to reverse NHS privatisation, says campaigners
Labour called on to pledge to take outsourced NHS services in-house during first term
NHS waiting list analysis shows ‘decade of misery’ under Tories, says union
‘The scale of the decline in the last ten years is staggering’
‘Heartbreaking’: Shocking decline in public satisfaction with NHS under Tories
‘The NHS isn’t failing, it’s being failed. What an appalling act of state vandalism’
Doctors and teachers have faced ‘unprecedented’ pay cuts in recent years, IFS says
Average public sector pay at the end of 2023 was 1% lower than at the start of 2007
Celebrities slam privatisation as campaign calls on election candidates to protect NHS
“The spirit and the idea of the health service is important and alive today as it ever was, unless we allow it to be run into the ground. So let’s fight for it.”
5 times the Tories have lied about the NHS
How the Tories have misled the public on NHS pledges
Manchester launches first locally controlled bus service in four decades
“I hope it signals the start of a public transport revolution across the whole of England,” says Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham.
Gillian Keegan faces fresh ridicule over portakabins claim
“In my mind I did think, it’s a good job you’ve not said that in public”
Steve Barclay rinsed for targeting doctors and nurses with anti-strike rules
“Yet another desperate attempt from the Conservatives to distract from their dire record in government”