Burnt-out nurses working for free to keep NHS running – survey finds
Almost two years into the pandemic, and exhausted and overwhelmed nurses are working long hours, often without pay, in order to keep the NHS afloat, a new study has revealed.
Public Services
‘Borders on insulting’: Sunak’s Covid £1bn bailout falls short on furlough
Excluding furlough and being a long time coming, the Chancellor’s support package for the hospitality sector announcement brings adverse reaction.
‘Economically illiterate and morally wrong’: Calls for the government to bailout beleaguered hospitality sector
A far cry from the ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ mantra of the summer 2020, the people of Britain are being urged to limit trips to the pub, as omicron variant cases soar.
Prof Prem Sikka: Income and wealth need to be redistributed and public services rejuvenated
‘The neoliberal economic policies have increased social tensions but have failed to energise the economy. They have impoverished people and turned town centres into economic deserts.’
Lowest funded councils join forces to call for ‘levelling up’ funding fix
Some of the lowest paid local authorities in England are calling on the government to provide a £300m temporary injection to their finances.
‘Frankly a disgrace’: Food bank use remains “well above pre-pandemic level”
Dependence on food banks is still “well above” what it was before the pandemic, with emergency parcels feeding children on the rise, says Britain’s leading food bank charity.
How every MP voted on the ‘NHS Corporate Takeover Bill’
The Health and Care Bill contains heavily contested NHS reforms and has been branded by campaigners ‘a charter for corruption’ and a ‘Corporate Takeover Bill’.
UK government was not adequately prepared for Covid, watchdog finds
With time and energy lost on Brexit negotiations, the UK was not fully prepared for the pandemic, an independent watchdog has unveiled.
‘A Conservative con job’: North up in arms as plug pulled on northern powerhouse promises
Pledges to address England’s regional inequality transpires into broken promises with the scaling back of Northern Powerhouse Rail. Naturally, northerners are in uproar.
‘Dismayed and disappointed’: GPs denounce Javid’s comments that appointment shortage is overburdening A&Es
A war of words between GPs and Sajid Javid has heated up as doctors dispute health secretary’s ‘unsubstantiated’ claims about overloaded emergency departments.