Politics

The average household will be around £500 better off in real terms by 2028-29 with those on lower incomes seeing the greatest uplift, according to analysis by HM Treasury (HMT) published as...

The cost of economic inactivity due to sickness absence and other ill health is likely to be at least £240bn per year but could be as much as £330bn, according to the...

More than a quarter of young people are taking career interrupting health breaks which are having a "massive" impact on the rest of the workforce. This is according to David Collington, partner...

NHS England will be scrapped with responsibility for the health service in England being resumed directly by government ministers, reversing the controversial overhaul by then-Conservative health secretary Andrew Lansley in 2012. The...

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...