Politics

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has joined the chorus of calls on government to cut the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on health insurance in next week's Budget. The call...

Government does not appear to share the same concern about the increased risk of a life insurance firm collapsing due to its Solvency II reforms as the Bank of England does, according...

Millions of people in the UK have felt forced to go private to fund some of all of their treatment due to waits for NHS treatment, according to an Office for National...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed its junior doctor members across England will strike for three days from Monday 13 March. The BMA said the decision followed the failure of health...

The government is “committed” to its current agenda for reform of social care funding and believes insurers are “fundamental” to doing so, despite an Association of British Insurers (ABI) report highlighting “significant”...

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves would not be drawn on whether she would introduce tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI) at next month's Budget. Responding to a question at the Association of...

Bupa Insurance chief executive Alex Perry has called for tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), arguing that the industry is "extremely heavily taxed" and that the tax regime is limiting demand...

Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly for strike action with a 72-hour work stoppage already in the works for next month. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it was the largest...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling for payments from insurance products including lifetime health and social care cover to be excluded from local authority financial assessments under government's plan for...

Health secretary Steve Barclay is yet to file evidence to the pay review body for NHS doctors and dentists despite the organisation warning him about being late 10 days ago and highlighting...