The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication. By Stephen Castle ...

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Peter Sivey receives funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will ...

Sir Keir Starmer has announced NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control”. Some 9,500 jobs will be cut in ...

We’re seeing a lot of concern and confusion around the future of the NHS following the Prime Minister’s announcement that he will abolish NHS England. The topline is that the NHS is not being ...

The Nigeria Police Force has scrapped regulations that mandated the dismissal of unmarried female officers who became pregnant while in service. Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Aishatu Baju ...

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Labour today faced further calls to abolish the Sentencing Council amid a 'two-tier justice' row over the body's new guidance for judges. In updated principles published by the Sentencing Council ...

The scale of NHS England's failure to deliver a functional health service can be laid bare today after Keir Starmer sounded its death knell. The PM has declared that the 'world's biggest quango ...

NHS England - which oversees the running of the National Health Service in England - is to be abolished, the Prime Minister announced on Thursday. In a major shake-up of the health service ...

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap the tourist tax and stamp duty on share trading to boost the economy. Lobby group BusinessLDN, which seeks to promote London as a place to do business ...