Politics

Paul Brencher, managing director of individual protection at Aviva UK, has been appointed as the new chair of the Association of British Insurers’ Protection Board. Brencher (pictured), who succeeds outgoing chair Dominic Grinstead...

Two-thirds of private hospital beds block-purchased by the NHS over the summer to deal with the coronavirus pandemic were left empty, it has been claimed, as waiting lists for routine procedures soared....

Sickness absence levels in Northern Ireland councils are the highest in the UK, official figures show. Auditors have collected statistics which reveal that workers in the country took an average of almost...

The NHS could be “broken” as hospitals become “overwhelmed” by the COVID pandemic if MPs do not support tough new lockdown restrictions, one of the Government’s most senior ministers has said. Cabinet...