5 h. ago Pharmacies face 'a financial cliff edge' and could be forced to cut services, industry leaders warn

Pharmacists are facing a 'financial cliff edge' and will cut services for patients unless the Government provides funding, leaders have warned.

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5 h. ago Chemists across UK threaten to cut opening hours in 'collective action' over funding

The National Pharmacy Association warns thousands of pharmacies face financial ‘cliff edge’ in April as rises in National Insurance and National Living Wage take effect

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5 h. ago Pharmacies ‘hanging on by fingernails’ over financial pressures, leaders warn

Pharmacies are increasingly concerned about their future, according to the National Pharmacy Association (NPA).

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45 h. ago BBC Breakfast halted for 'breaking news' as host forced to cut interview short

BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt was forced to cut his interview with former UK ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith short due to a breaking news announcement

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4 d. ago Third of small businesses plan to cut staff amid fears that Angela Rayner's overhaul of workers' rights will 'wreak havoc' on 'a fragile' UK economy, industry leaders warn

The Deputy Prime Minister's plan includes expanding the grounds for unfair dismissal and could hit businesses with higher sick pay costs.

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4 d. ago US congressional committee warns on new Chinese embassy in London

Plans raise ‘significant’ security concerns for financial services industry, says Washington

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6 d. ago As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has comeThe startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces or withdraws its support?Trump has not so far explicitly threatened to cut US nuclear forces based in Europe. But speaking last week, the president said he wanted to halve the US’s defence spending, especially on nuclear weapons. Trump often denigrates Nato, keystone of European security. Last year, he encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to member states that, in his view, spend too little on defence. Continue reading...

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