Politics

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) has announced £300m of investment in technology across the National Health Service (NHS) and to improve patient service. Addressing Parliament in her Budget speech, Reeves also announced an...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) did not increase the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) as part of her Budget 2025 announcement and the health and protection insurance industries were largely unaffected by...

Former health secretary Alan Milburn will conduct an independent investigation to tackle rising youth inactivity, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced as part of her Budget 2025 speech. However, there was no further action...

The government has made several key changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) including to the adminstration of death benefits through pension schemes, extending the nil rate bands for another year, and expanding the...

The government is to invest £3.6m as part of a new health strategy aimed at tackling the physical and mental health challenges faced by men and boys. It aims to reduce inequalities...

Diverse, dynamic and dramatic. These are probably the three best words to describe the Latin America international private medical insurance (IPMI) market – at least based on an initial introduction. Health &...

A standardised set of Workplace Health Provision (WHP) services should be developed in conjunction with existing providers and insurers, the Keep Britain Working review is recommending. It urges widespread adoption of non-clinical...

Incentives such as tax relief for employer health benefits will be critical to encourage take-up of changes proposed by the Keep Britain Working Review as it enters its secondary stages. However, the...

The Keep Britain Working Review has urged the exploration of pooling mechanisms to help make investing in the workplace health provision (WHP) affordable for SMEs. It likened the process as similar to...

Adopting an overhauled employer-led shared responsibility approach to employee health at work and cutting sickness absence could save up to £18bn a year when fully running, according to the Keep Britain Working...