6 h. ago Huge cuts to staff at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and less safe’, experts warn

The health organisation is to lose almost a quarter of its workforce in 2026, reducing its ability to help countries facing disease outbreaksThe loss of more than 2,000 jobs at the World Health Organization (WHO) “will leave the world less healthy and less safe”, experts have warned.The global health body said it expected to lose 2,371 posts – nearly a quarter of its workforce – by June 2026 as it deals with budget cuts after the US withdrawal from the organisation in January. At that point the WHO had 9,401 staff members. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Huge staff cuts at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and safe’, experts warn

Health organisation is to lose almost a quarter of its workforce in 2026, reducing its ability to help countries facing disease outbreaksThe loss of more than 2,000 jobs at the World Health Organization (WHO) “will leave the world less healthy and less safe”, experts have warned.The global health body said it expected to lose 2,371 posts – nearly a quarter of its workforce – by June 2026 as it deals with budget cuts after the US withdrawal from the organisation in January. At that point the WHO had 9,401 staff members. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding

Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its workThe World Health Organization has said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter – or over 2,000 jobs – by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the United States, announced its departure.US President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the body upon taking office in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work and cut its management team by half. Continue reading...

Economics

30 h. ago Huge plan for Cardiff promising tens of thousands of homes to take another step forward

The aim is to deliver 32,000 jobs and 26,400 new homes, 6,000 of which will be "affordable" by 2036, according to Cardiff Council

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58 h. ago Castle Water vows to create 2,000 jobs at Thames Water in fresh bid approach

The utility firm has returned with an improved proposal for Thames, which is in advanced talks with creditors and regulators to secure funding.

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4 d. ago Battery firm's bold plans to 'bring 1,000 jobs' to Scotland's Central Belt

Invinity Energy Systems has said it could bring the jobs to its Motherwell and Bathgate sites

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6 d. ago Britain's first mini nuclear station site finally been announced after mega £2.5bn deal

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said plant at Wylfa would support up to 3,000 jobs in the local economy at the height of construction

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7 d. ago Andy Burnham's major scheme bringing 20,000 jobs to Greater Manchester finally begins

The project is the first in a long line of benefits coming to the north of the city-region

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7 d. ago Wes Streeting says ‘I’m not running a job creation scheme’ as he cuts 18,000 NHS jobs

Major NHS restructure explained as Health Secretary Wes Streeting scraps NHS England and merges back office functions into his government department

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7 d. ago 18,000 to lose jobs in NHS and Department of Health in £1billion deal

The NHS will be permitted to overspend its budget this year to pay for redundancies

Economics

8 d. ago Another day in Starmer's socialist paradise! 1,000 jobs A DAY are now lost under Reeves with experts warning the 'madness' of Labour policies will see the crisis get even WORSE

More than 180,000 people have been left on the workplace scrapheap in the UK in the past year, with 64,000 of those coming in the last two months, according to official figures

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8 d. ago Another day in Starmer's socialist paradise: 1,000 jobs a day are LOST under Reeves

Figures from the ONS revealed a spike in job losses as the Budget approaches, with a 64,000 decline in the number of payrolled workers over September and October and 180,000 over a year

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8 d. ago Andrew to close business behind platform which helps entrepreneurs

The former prince claimed it had seen 3,000 jobs created.

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9 d. ago Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at riskThe Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds.The substance would be sprayed on corn, soybeans and wheat, and it marks the fifth Pfas pesticide ingredient the US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed for approval under Donald Trump’s second term as US president. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man City 3 Liverpool 0: Pep’s 1000th game ends in triumph as Reds’ crisis keeps getting worse after VAR controversy

PEP GUARDIOLA has collected 12 league titles on his way to 1,000 matches in management.  And after this demolition job on the reigning champions, which propelled Manchester City back into serious contention, we should not rule out a 13th this season.  This was a grand old way for Guardiola to clock up his 1,000th game...

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1 week ago ‘My son took a carpentry job and vanished’: How Putin is luring 20,000 troops from Caribbean with promise of 100x salary

ON Ukraine's bloody frontline, Russian soldiers face certain death as they are poured into Vladimir Putin's meatgrinder war every day. But as his population dwindles amid increasingly barbaric attacks, he looks abroad to replenish his ranks - by trafficking foreign workers and using them as frontline fodder. In Cuba, families face being ripped apart as...

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1 week ago BT loses 242,000 broadband customers as another 5,000 jobs axed

BT has been steaming ahead with its turnaround plan that involves cutting costs and sharpening its focus on its UK market and newer business lines.

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1 week ago Telecoms giant BT cuts another 5,000 jobs as broadband customers go elsewhere

Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025

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1 week ago BT loses broadband customers to rivals and sheds another 5,000 jobs

The telecoms giant said its Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025.

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2 w. ago States sue Trump administration over restrictions put on FEMA emergency grants

Eleven states and Kentucky's governor are suing the Trump administration over what they call unlawful terms on federal funding for disaster and terrorism preparedness

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