Month: July 2022

One in four patients who have extra communication needs, including deaf and blind people, have been “refused” communication support while accessing NHS care, a poll suggests. A survey of 605 […]

Teachers who trained during the pandemic may quit because they have “insufficient” knowledge, according to a new report. A study from King’s College London said Covid-related disruption in 2019/20 and […]

A veteran discharged from the RAF for being gay has called on the Government to urgently reinstate his military pension after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Simon Hinchley-Robson suggested […]

More than two in five airport workers are considering leaving the industry, new research suggests. A survey of 1,700 workers by jobs site CV-Library found reasons for wanting to quit […]

Families are already worried about a “cost-of-Christmas crisis” which is affecting their festive plans months ahead of winter, research suggests. A study by parenting website Mumsnet found that most families […]

Refuse collection workers are to go on strike next month in a fresh dispute in the industry over pay. The GMB said its members employed by Amey in Elmbridge and […]

Disabled drivers have been warned about using their blue badges in popular European holiday destinations this summer due to an “outrageous” Brexit hangover that means they may not be accepted. […]

Liz Truss has pledged to boost UK growth rates with “full-fat freeports”, in the latest policy proposal to emerge in the Tory leadership campaign. The Foreign Secretary, who is currently […]

Rishi Sunak has promised to ban China’s controversial Confucius Institutes from the UK, labelling the country the “biggest-long term threat to Britain”. The announcement would signal a major hardening of […]

Sir Keir Starmer will use a speech in Liverpool on Monday to say that the priorities for the next Labour government will be “growth, growth, growth”. Revealing plans for an […]