NHS Trusts are dependent on continued short-term one-off cost cuts and emergency funds, which is an impossible basis on which to plan a stable recovery, says the Nuffield Trust.
Refugee Action research finds that cuts to funding for English lessons for refugees is leading to isolation, loneliness and an inability to get jobs – despite strong backing from the public for ministers to tackle the problem.
Almost one in five childcare providers in the most deprived areas of England anticipate closure in the next twelve months – over twice as many as those in the most affluent areas.
UNHCR recommends that the Finnish Presidency focuses on two urgent priorities: building cooperation and solidarity with refugees and host communities, and pushing for an effective way of sharing responsibility among EU Member States.
Thousands of people trapped in Bosnia and Herzegovina desperately need humanitarian assistance and some are dying while trying to find shelter, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The BMA says the NHS needs 10,000 extra beds and funding brought up to levels enjoyed by other leading Western European countries: a target that will not be reached under the Government’s recently announced Long Term Plan for the NHS.
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee says reduced funding and ever increasing demand have left children’s services in England at breaking point.
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England publishes a report looking at the amount spent on 'low-level' mental health support for children in England.
New analysis of the latest Government school funding figures shows a shortfall in funding of £5.4 billion over the past three years with 91 per cent of schools in England affected.