The NHS and defence were big winners from the Chancellor’s Spending Review as Rachel Reeves set out the Government’s spending plans for the rest of the decade Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out Government spending plans for the rest of the decade – with major boosts for health and defence(Image: Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury) Rachel Reeves
Schools and hospitals could be forced to make cuts if higher pay awards for teachers and NHS staff need to be drawn from already stretched public sector budgets 18:09, 28 Apr 2025Updated 18:10, 28 Apr 2025 Teachers took part in strikes under the last Tory Government(Image: PA) Keir Starmer is on a collision course with
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will argue the “world is changing” – and Labour needs to move quickly to ensure the safety of the country as well as the economy The Chancellor will give her Spring Statement speech on Wednesday(Image: PA) Rachel Reeves will argue boosting defence spending in this week’s Spring Statement will not only keep
PATIENTS in Scotland’s hospitals are reliant on decades-old equipment thanks to the SNP government, Scottish Labour has charged. Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Dame Jackie Baillie said: “Patients might be forgiven for thinking they’re in the Scottish remake of Back to the Future when they learn how old the machines providing vital medical information actually are. “Sadly, under the incompetent
THE WORLD’s biggest quango – NHS England – will be abolished in a bid to cut red tape and “free up” cash for front line services, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. Up to 10,000 jobs will be axed, with plans in place to reduce the overall workforce across the agency and the Department for Health
In a world where statistics can be trotted out to the benefit of any cause, can they really be trusted? Or do we, as a community, subscribe to the old Benjamin Disraeli line of “lies, damned lies, and statistics”? Well, it seems, in NI at least, we’re a fairly trusting bunch. How’s about stat, then?
By JORDANA SEAL Published: 18:32, 25 February 2025 | Updated: 18:52, 25 February 2025 A welder was crushed by machinery at a shipyard and left with life-ruining injuries. David Vinsome, 37, was slammed to the ground by a ginormous excavation bucket and fabrication table at Pallion Shipyard in Sunderland. Mr Vinsome from North Shields sustained
EXCLUSIVE: The organisation is sitting in a £79.5m deficit – while its governing body still expects it to break even by the end of the financial year 18:29, 21 Feb 2025Updated 18:33, 21 Feb 2025 “In my 40-year career, this is the first time I’ve been in a commissioner that’s about to run out of