4 h. ago DWP under fire as hundreds of staff get warnings 'over sickness absences'

The figures came to light following a question from an MP and have sparked calls for change

Events

3 d. ago UK forces 'face £28bn funding black hole' as fears of war with Russia mount

Keir Starmer is said to have been warned by the chief of the defence staff Richard Knighton that there is a huge gap in budgets over the next four years.

Economics

3 d. ago UK could be dragged into war with Russia after sending troops to Ukraine, warns former Chief of Defence Staff

Lord Stirrup stressed that the UK had to prepare for the ‘worst possible outcome’ of a peace keeping mission to support Kyiv

Events

5 d. ago Government lacks emotional link with voters, cabinet ministers warned

Morgan McSweeney says Labour needs ‘three Es’ of emotion, empathy and evidence, sources sayUK politics live – latest updatesThe government must find ways to reconnect emotionally with voters, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is said to have warned cabinet ministers, in a meeting where the prime minister said they were in “the fight of our lives”.The prime minister sought to rally his cabinet on Tuesday, telling them to ignore the polls and to prepare to take on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Nearly one million households could apply for £4,300 income boost by 2026

The DWP has said that hundreds of thousands of households could be eligible for a major income boost

Economics

3 w. ago Britain must be ready to sacrifice our sons and daughters, Chief of Defence Staff chillingly warns

BRITAIN must be ready to sacrifice its “sons and daughters” to defend itself from Russia, the Chief of Defence Staff has warned. In a chilling prediction of what it might take to deter a full-scale conflict, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said: “More families will know what sacrifice for our nation means.” He said...

Events

4 w. ago Royal Mail issues major delivery warning to ANOTHER 14 Scots areas this Christmas

ROYAL Mail has issued a major delivery warning to ANOTHER 14 Scots areas this Christmas. The postal service is facing disruption at mail depots across the country. It was revealed at the end of November that local offices are struggling due to "high levels of sick absence, resourcing issues and other local factors". Royal Mail...

Events

4 w. ago Armed forces chief to warn ‘whole nation must step up’ amid Russian threat to Nato

Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton will warn the situation is ‘more dangerous than I have known during my career’.

Events

4 w. ago Young people 'want to make TikTok videos' instead of nursing, warns NHS chief amid shortages

A mental health director has warned that Swindon's NHS services are struggling with severe staff shortages, with young people no longer attracted to nursing careers and instead seeing the appeal making money from TikTok videos

Events

4 w. ago ‘Beyond catastrophic’: How super flu is pushing the NHS to the brink

Leading medics warn of severe hospital overcrowding, staff struck down with flu, and a worrying number of cases among children. Rebecca Thomas reports

Politics