A new drive to free up nurses to provide the care patients and relatives expect has been announced today by Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
Umbrella company and holiday cottages are first two successful applicants to low carbon heating incentive.
The government's university funding reforms will see annual public spending on teaching and research in England fall to its lowest proportion in over a century, according to analysis published today (Thursday) by the University and College Union (UCU)
Tackling the compensation culture and freeing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the stranglehold of health and safety red tape are part of a series of measures announced to back enterprise by Prime Minister David Cameron today
The sense of injustice associated with the system for social housing is finally coming to an end, Housing Minister Grant Shapps said today
The Commission on Assisted Dying will today (Thursday) publish a 400 page report into the safeguards that would need to be in place for a safe assisted dying law to operate in England and Wales
Children's Minister, Tim Loughton, has announced that young people across the country should be able to inspect their local youth services and advise on how to improve them
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report, commissioned by the Family and Parenting Institute, is the first to reveal the prospects for poverty rates and income for different family types up to the year 2015
Energy companies are being urged by the charity Save the Children to do more to help British families struggling to heat their homes this winter
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today called on the government to take urgent action to protect private sector pensions, after a survey revealed a shocking number were being closed or watered down
Labour has called on the Government to ban train operating companies from raising rail fares above strict limits
An article published in The Guardian today (3 January), identifies the cases of 74 people with a learning disability who died while in NHS care. It also highlights a further 17 serious incidents. Families allege that hospital blunders, poorly trained staff and indifference are to blame
A new survey of care provided by local councils reveals shocking increases and wide disparities in charges for services for vulnerable older people
Growing up without a daily routine or structure such as regular bedtimes and set meal times can harm a young person’s school grades and overall wellbeing, warns The Prince's Trust's new report
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