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Barclay returns as health secretary with Stride leading DWP
Steve Barclay (pictured) is once again health and social care secretary, succeeding Thérèse Coffey who held the role for little more than a month under the disaterous leadership of Liz Truss. Mel...
Read moreAdvisers hope Sunak will stabilise markets and have positive effect on health and protection sectors
Protection and health insurance advisers have raised hopes Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister will reassure markets and in turn have a positive impact on their sectors. Sunak was appointed PM earlier...
Read moreSunak appointed UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak will be the next prime minister of the UK. Sunak (pictured) stepped down as chancellor over the summer precipitating a chain of events which led to the resignation of then...
Read moreTruss resigns as PM after shortest tenure on record
Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister and leader of the Conservative party after just 44 days in office – the shortest term on record at Westminster. A Conservative party leadership election...
Read moreTruss completes £67bn Corporation Tax cut u-turn
Besieged Conservative prime minister Liz Truss has completed the second u-turn from last month’s mini budget by reinstating the increase to Corporation Tax from April. The move was announced within hours of...
Read moreHunt replaces sacked Kwarteng as Tories appoint third chancellor in four months
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured left) has succeeded Kwasi Kwarteng (pictured right) as chancellor of the exchequer. Hunt is the Conservative government's fourth chancellor this year - he follows Rishi Sunak,...
Read moreNHS waiting list breaks seven million as diagnostics demand mounts
The Conservative government has been told it must tackle the worsening staffing crisis within the NHS in England as the number of people waiting for treatment broke the seven million barrier. Furthermore,...
Read moreEnsuring panicked and vulnerable customers see true value of protection is crucial amid fallout from ‘foolish’ mini Budget – analysis
The role of the adviser has never been more important in explaining the true value of protection as panic has enveloped mortgage customers due to fears around skyrocketing interest rates. And advisers...
Read moreCIPD calls on government to replace Fit for Work Service as workplace OH limited
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called on government to develop a replacement for its Fit for Work Service as hundreds of thousands of adults become economically inactive and...
Read moreOver one million people suffering long Covid for more than a year
The number of people in the UK suffering long Covid symptoms for more than a year has rocketed above the one million mark for the first time, according to official figures. Latest...
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