Politics

Ministers are set to announce that around 1.3 million people on low wages who find themselves ill are expected to either receive 80% of their average weekly earnings or the rate of...

NHS England has announced that CEO Amanda Pritchard (pictured) will be stepping down in March at the end of this financial year.  James Mackey will be taking over as transition CEO of...

HM Revenue & Customs' Insurance Premium Tax take stood at £853m in January 2025, bringing the 10-month total for the 2024/25 financial year to a record £7.6bn. According to this morning’s HMRC...

Deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner has authorised six English councils to increase Council Tax by up to 10% starting in April surpassing the standard 5% cap which typically necessitates a...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has outlined plans detailing how the government would now "roll up its sleeves" to reduce waiting lists at the NHS.  Part of that strategy will allow NHS app...

The Labour government is launching an independent commission to reform adult social care in England but has been told it must act quicker or risk repeating previous failures in the sector. Crossbench...

The year of 2024 will be remembered across the UK and international health and protection insurance markets as one of major changes and industry turbulence. Here are the most read articles from...

The third instalment of Health & Protection's review of 2024 takes in Q3 2024 which saw a major investigation from the FCA announced, doctors taking a big step to challenge insurer fees...

The Labour government is proposing a major overhaul of how general practice doctors operate and the targets they are measured against along with introducing an additional £889m funding. Incentives are being offered...

Advisers, insurers and other financial services firms will be refunded £175 if a complaint taken to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is not won by the claims management company (CMC) submitting it....