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A damning chart showing just how much UK health spending has lagged behind the rest of Europe
The UK has spent about 20 per cent less per person on health each year than similar European countries over the past decade.
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Number of people in London having to wait more than 12 hours in A&E jumps by 47% in a month
When it comes to national figures, 43,792 people endured a 12-hour wait in A&E in October - up 34 per cent on the previous month.
Rise of the right-wing’s bid to infiltrate cornerstones of British society
From the BBC to the NHS, the right has been gnawing away at well-liked British institutions, waging 'politicised' campaigns designed to influence direction. And the National Trust, with millions of members, is firmly in their sights.
Thousands sign petition urging government for an inflation-matching pay rise
A petition to the health secretary Steve Barclay to increase pay for NHS workers by 11 percent to match inflation, has amassed more than 80,000 signatures.
Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers to ballot on strike action over pay
Around 350,000 members of Unison started voting this week on whether to strike over real terms pay cuts.