Ministry of Justice says impact assessment will be published when the legislation is introduced in parliament.

Five-day strike to start on Wednesday as Wes Streeting’s offer is rejected by BMA members in online ballot

It comes after ministers made fresh offer amid warning the walkout is risky as NHS battles wave of flu.

Après avoir été évacué de Gaza vers les États-Unis pour y être soigné, Adam Abufoujo, un orphelin palestinien de quatre ans, amputé après avoir été bombardé par Israël, a fait ses premiers pas avec une prothèse de jambe à Chicago. Des milliers d'autres enfants de Gaza amputés n'ont pas la "chance" d'être soignés à l'étranger. Adam est pris en charge dans le pays [...]

Lundi, 164 pays aux Nations Unies ont reconnu le droit du peuple palestinien à l'autodétermination, tous les États membres de l'UE votant pour, tandis que 8 pays ont voté contre, dont les États-Unis, l'Argentine et Israël. Comment passer du droit à son application, alors que les USA --dont l'Europe, à commencer par Macron, se prétend indépendante-- s'y refusent ? Les [...]

Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

NHS England » Principles for providing patient care in corridors

Les organisations Within Our Lifetime et WAWOG appelaient ce lundi à un piquet de grève et à un rassemblement à New York en soutien aux huit prisonniers et prisonnières politiques de Palestine Action détenus au Royaume-Uni et actuellement en grève de la faim depuis plus de 40 jours. L'événement était prévu à 16h00 (heure locale, soit 23 h heure française) devant le consulat britannique à [...]

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We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus, chair of the BMA’s UK resident doctors committee

Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England

The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.

Breaking down the George Cottrell investigation, surveillance, charges and sentencing and his first steps after jail

Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.

Exclusive: Research on burden of antibiotic resistance for 122 countries predicts dire economic and health outcomes

Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s response is pragmatic but overlooks one group of prisoners whose sentences should be reviewed

Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government has proposed huge cuts to disabled people’s support when they’re already three times more likely to face hunger. A plan to slash payments and rip support from disabled people who most need our collective protection from hunger is cruel and counterproductive. Layla had to stop working due to long-term health conditions and needed to use a food bank when her disability payments were stopped, despite her conditions not changing.

The prime minister said the scheme would not herald a return to free movement

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Labour is in a state of ferment over welfare cuts as its MPs fear Keir Starmer is making political errors at home and losing voters to Nigel Farage’s Reform

In its motion opposing the plans, the Leeds West and Pudsey CLP said disabled people ‘are not responsible for the state of the national finances’.