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England

January 4, 2021

Education union calls for all primary schools in England to move learning online

The goverment has taken an indecisive and reckless approach to their central duty to safeguard public health, says the National Education Union.
December 13, 2020

Nursing shortages pose risk to pandemic recovery, says Health Foundation

The number of learning disability nurses has fallen by 39 per cent since 2010.
September 17, 2020

Fifth of England's population struggle to access quality green space, says FoE

New research from Friends of the Earth shows one in five people in England struggle to access quality green space.
July 25, 2020

Fourteen people a day wiped out financially by care bills in England, finds Age UK

Older people in England who have to buy their own care spent more than £7 billion in the 12 months since Boris Johnson took office.
July 14, 2020

EU money which could help England recover from COVID-19 'risks going back to Brussels'

More than £730 million may be sent back to Brussels if the funding is not allocated by the Government before the end of the year, councils warn.
February 25, 2020

Health equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on

Ten years since the publication of The Marmot Review, life expectancy has failed to increase across the country for the first time in more than 100 years and for the poorest 10 per cent of women it has actually declined.
October 24, 2019

NAO report on fracking for shale gas in England

The government could not explain what would happen should a landowner be unable to meet infrastructure decommissioning costs.
September 22, 2019

Patient safety at risk in England unless nurse numbers increase, RCN warns

The Royal College of Nursing has launched a new campaign to encourage the public to speak out about the impact of England’s 40,000 nurse shortage.
September 11, 2019

Union responds to OECD education report

The National Education Union says that the findings of OECD provide another worrying reminder that education in England is moving in the wrong direction.
August 16, 2019

Nursing student numbers decline in England and rise in Scotland

In Scotland, the number of students accepted on to nursing degree courses has risen by 8 per cent since last year, when the bursary was increased to just over £8,000.