There is a saying that goes: It takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, it takes a village to support a person in a humanitarian crisis. With record-high humanitarian needs around the world, this year’s World Humanitarian Day (WHD) … Continue reading World Humanitarian Day
AN URGENT increase in Universal Credit is necessary as the cost of living crisis pushes people to make “dangerous, impossible decisions” in an attempt to make ends meet. Prices of essential goods in the UK are skyrocketing due to the … Continue reading Trussell Trust Calls for Urgent Incease in Universal Credit
More than £15 million will be granted to local authorities throughout England today (Wednesday, June 15) to assist them in implementing new social care charging changes. The introduction of pricing reform, which will include a cap on the cost of … Continue reading Local Authorities given £15M to implement Social Care Charges
In the EU/EEA, countries have been detecting low proportions of the SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.4 and BA.5, but many have seen an increase in recent weeks. This suggests that the variants will become dominant throughout the EU/EEA, probably resulting in an … Continue reading BA.5 Omicron is Becoming Dominant in Europe
Since the 1970s, successive governments have privatized major infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing industries and public services. These include local authorities becoming commissioning hubs and education transferring its assets to the private sector. Privatisation of the NHS began in 1983 with the … Continue reading Cutbacks and Privatisation: Will the NHS become a ‘Third Class’ Service?
It’s been revealed that only a quarter of the 69 newly promised NHS diagnostic centres announced by the health secretary last month are really open. On February 8, Sajid Javid informedParliament that dozens of “newcommunity diagnostic clinics” have“already opened across … Continue reading Where are all the promised Community Diagnostic Centres?
