Public sector cuts
Austerity in England linked to more than 50,000 extra deaths in five years
Researchers looked at 2010-2015 when Cameron cuts to NHS and social care were starting to bite
Andrew Gregory Health editor
14, Oct, 2021 @10:30 PM
Britain’s key workers can’t take any more. They deserve better than this | Gaby Hinsliff
There is a palpable sense of mounting anxiety in hospitals, care homes and schools, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Gaby Hinsliff
27, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM
Conservatives accused of cutting local sport funding by nearly half since 2010
Labour says 47% less spent on grassroots facilities, wasting chance to build on success of 2012 London Olympics
David Connett
31, Jul, 2021 @9:30 PM
Ministers force NHS England to cover part of 3% staff pay rise
NHS leaders dismayed over having to divert care money as Treasury exempted from meeting full offer
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
22, Jul, 2021 @8:11 PM
UK public services face cuts of up to £17bn, says IFS
Government on track to spend billions less than planned before pandemic, warns thinktank
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
20, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM
At least 75,000 people in England wait six months for social care assessment
Adult social care ‘waiting lists’ condemned as unacceptable as people at risk of deterioration, abuse or neglect
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
14, Jul, 2021 @6:10 AM
Senior doctors in England could refuse overtime over 1% pay rise
Threat of industrial action by ‘underappreciated’ consultants follows similar threat by nurses
Ben Quinn
02, Jul, 2021 @9:23 AM
Environment Agency needs return of £120m grant to protect rivers, says CEO
Cut of £80m hindering effort to monitor sewage discharges and farming activity, MPs told
Sandra Laville
23, Jun, 2021 @3:39 PM
UK defence cuts show gulf between ambition and action, says Labour
Ministers challenged over size of army as reduction of 10,000 in troop numbers expected to be announced
Dan Sabbagh
22, Mar, 2021 @12:01 AM
Sunak defends budget plans and insists 1% rise for NHS staff is fair
Chancellor tells MPs that his decisions were made in response to £355bn budget deficit
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
11, Mar, 2021 @7:41 PM
English council funding: a crisis that’s been years in the making | Letters
Letters: John Marriott, Barry Kushner, Tony Greaves and Anne Leonard on the causes and potential solutions to the dire situation that local authorities face
Letters
11, Mar, 2021 @6:10 PM
Untouchable Boris? Bluster-busting Starmer could well put him on the back foot again
Labour leader cuts to thrust, flagging up nurses’ 1% pay plan against Cummings’ last rise of 40%
John Crace
10, Mar, 2021 @5:54 PM
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