Budget

Barclay refuses to give deadline for long-promised NHS workforce position
H ealth Secretary Steve Barclay has refused to give a deadline for the release of the long-awaited NHS workforce position. ...

Half a billion working days lost to sickness since last election – activity
M ore than half a billion working days believe been lost to sickness since the last general election, activity has ...

Nurses demonstrate over ‘deteriorating’ NI health service
N urses in Northern Ireland gain staged a demonstration over the “deteriorating” health service in the region. Members of the ...

Ron DeSantis commends Kemi Badenoch for opposition to ‘woke ideology’
F lorida governor and US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has hailed Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch for her efforts to construct ...

Summer may still be chilly for the British economy
T he UK economy has entered the second quarter of 2023 — and the modern financial year — in far ...

Government urged to direct civil servants running Stormont departments
T he UK Government must intervene and provide ministerial direction to civil servants tasked with making “invidious” political decisions in ...

BBC journalists to strike on local election night
B BC journalists in England are to stage a 24-hour strike from midnight on May 5 to coincide with the ...

Sunak accused of ‘complete re-hash’ of pothole announcement
R ishi Sunak’s opponents believe accused him of deploying a “complete re-hash” of a year-worn pothole crackdown as he campaigns ...

Government sets out ‘adaptable’ approach to regulating hasty-developing AI
T he Government has set out its “adaptable” approach to regulating artificial intelligence, as it hopes to build public trust ...

OBR cautions over ‘fiscal smoke and mirrors’ after Chancellor’s Budget
T he chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has suggested the Government’s Budget last week was “responsible” but ...