Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.

The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite…

The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.

Ex-intelligence head August Hanning suspected of selling state secrets to foreign power

Headteachers and local council leaders raise concerns about plans for a major shake-up of how schools are funded for pupils with SEND

Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris

A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures Sanchez says “to do more, we need to renew and expand public support” for the “deep reforms” required. “We must mobilise and secure a much broader progressive majority in parliament – one that allows us to overcome the elites … and continue transforming Spain,” he says. Continue reading...

Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shoc…

* Rui Pinto faces loss of witness safeguarding in Portugal * More documents over City affairs may be made available Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threats, the Guardian understands. Despite the crowdfunding campaign launched on Friday to fund a new life after leaving the protection of the Portuguese police, the whistleblower’s priority remains to cooperate, provided adequate security arrangements are in place. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

Companies race to switch households to ‘voice over internet protocol’ services by the end of January BT has been accused of “bullying” customers by temporarily cutting off their broadband to pressure them to upgrade to a digital landline, as providers race to switch households over before the January deadline. Telecoms companies have so far migrated 16-17m lines from the old copper network to digital voice over internet protocol (VoiP), which uses a broadband connection instead, in the biggest technological upgrade since the early 00s, when analogue TV was switched off. Continue reading...

The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...

Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policy ADHD UK has threatened legal action against an NHS organisation over its decision to impose a minimum two-year wait for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments. In a legal letter to West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board (ICB), seen by the Guardian, the charity alleges that the decision to force patients to wait at least two years for such assessments was unlawful and says it will seek a judicial review if the board fails to reverse the policy. Continue reading...

Darlington councillors have rejected a Green Party motion calling on the government to enable a National Audit Office investigation into public spending connected to TVCA, Teesside Freeport and STDC

Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit Senior Downing Street officials have been reaching out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test public support for the UK rejoining the EU. Aides to Andy Burnham have been talking to EU experts in a range of organisations about how the public would view a promise to rejoin, as momentum builds behind including such a pledge in the next Labour manifesto. Continue reading...

BuDS' study of politicians' calls to cut 'welfare' in order to pay for defence spending.

Funding from the £1.7bn-a-year additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) is increasingly shifting towards employment of GPs and nurses - and away from other roles, analysis of NHS data suggests.

Andy Burnham has pledged to reform the pension triple lock after the next general election to fund a new social care system.

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President Donald Trump announced that all 50 states will join a program to provide Most Favored Nation pricing for some Medicaid drugs.

The prescription drug benefit is used by millions of seniors.

The Nov. 14, 2023 class-action complaint alleges UnitedHealth, UnitedHealthcare and naviHealth used an AI system, nH Predict, to limit or deny post-acute car...