Our prison service is failing women – and it’s costing lives
As an inquest reports on fatal failings at New Hall Prison, it’s clear that mental health care in our prison system is at breaking point.
Public Services
Voters are starting to realise that Brexit will damage our NHS
The findings come ahead of a national Day of Action on the NHS – as Brexiteers try to wriggle out of their ‘£350m a week’ pledge.
Support for a second Brexit vote is growing. Is another referendum becoming inevitable?
74 per cent of Labour Party supporters back a referendum in the event of hard Brexit, an increase from 70 per cent last month.
10 terrifying facts about the NHS under Jeremy Hunt – and why May has kept him in the job
Our NHS is facing a sustained attack under Jeremy Hunt. Yet he’s been just promoted. Keith Taylor MEP looks at the reasons.
PMQs: Theresa May quotes NHS chief, misses out everything critical he said right after
The PM failed to mention he warned “pressures are great and the system is already running at or close to full stretch”.
Exclusive: 85 per cent think the NHS should get that £350m-a-week promised by Brexiteers
And the health service could really do with the money to avert a care crisis this winter.
John McDonnell said Parliament could move out of London, and why not?
There’s strong opposition to moving parliamentarians out of the Palace of Westminster for renovation works, but some of the arguments don’t stack up.
Right-to-buy has stoked the housing crisis – but the Tories want to roll it out further
400,000 houses sold under right-to-buy are now being rented privately and for double average council rents. The policy’s created a new class of buy-to-let landlords.
Brexit lies die hard: Michael Gove STILL claims leaving the EU will mean more money for the NHS
“As a result of leaving the EU, there is more money for the NHS”, he told the Today programme this morning.
Unsafe tower blocks are the result of decades of local authority cuts
It’s ultimately the government and Parliament’s responsibility to ensure housing is safe.