All news on the topic: Public services

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'Tory Budget has no plan to fix country and is a let-down for working people'
In an article for the Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warned that years of underfunding under the Tories has left our public services on their knees and there is no plan to get pay rising
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'Use today’s Budget to put Britain back on the path to fairness and prosperity'
Jeremy Hunt must address why so many families are having to choose between heating and eating and why more than a million are on the housing waiting list
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Rishi Sunak breaks silence on Gary Lineker's BBC axe as he wades into row
The Prime Minister’s response comes as the row over the England legend turned broadcaster’s ouster from Match of the Day continued to overshadow the Government’s controversial refugee crackdown
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BBC 'caving to whingeing Tories' over Gary Lineker, says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader said the row over Gary Lineker being suspended from Match of the Day was a result of the Government refusing to take responsibility for the mess they'd made of the asylum system
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Inside UK's abandoned 'ghost' village completely frozen in time
A forlorn abandoned housing estate sits on the edge of bustling Edinburgh, and it should be an ideal location - but more than 30 houses are empty, leaving it feeling like a ghost town
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Braverman's 'cowardly attack' on civil servants may have broken ministerial code
Union boss representing senior civil servants has written to Rishi Sunak and urged him to order the Home Secretary to withdraw and apologise for the comments to Tory supporters on Tuesday
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'I became a bouncer after Sarah Everard's murder - women make venues safer'
This International Women's Day (IWD) Lisa Baskott, 53, talks about why she set up her own female-focused recruitment agency for the private security sector following Sarah Everard's murder
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'Digitised NHS too hard for the old, life would be frightening for mum today'
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's mum's final years were happy, she had carers and could phone for help, but life for her today would be frightening and confusing as a digitised NHS proves too hard for older people to access
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Tories accused of pedalling Boris Johnson's 'conspiracy theories' over Sue Gray
In a salty remark to the Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg accused the respected senior servant of "conniving in secret meetings" and Conservatives vented their anger over Sue Gray's departure to become Keir Starmer's chief of staff
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Tory 'Sack the Nurses Bill' would breach human rights, find experts
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is calling on ministers to reconsider 'draconian' anti-strike legislation that would make it easier to sack workers who head to picket lines
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Whitehall boss warned Boris Johnson is 'nationally distrusted' in WhatsApp leak
Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020
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Partygate investigator Sue Gray quits to take top job under Keir Starmer
The senior civil servant, who authored a bombshell report into lockdown-busting parties in No10, became a household name during the scandal that rocked Boris Johnson's Government
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Starmer 'considers top job for Partygate's Sue Gray' - but PM could block move
The Labour leader is reportedly mulling hiring the top official who authored a report into lockdown-busting parties in No10 during Boris Johnson's Government as his chief-of-staff.
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Key questions about Matt Hancock's private Covid messages that need answering
The messages raise further serious questions about why ministers during the Covid pandemic failed to protect care home residents and why the testing regime was dogged by failures
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Ex-Met Police top cop claimed to have branded rape complaints as 'regretful sex'
Sir Stephen House is said to have made the comments to a Home Office advisor at a Scotland Yard meeting in January 2022 when he was Deputy Commissioner
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Tories 'can afford one-off bonus for workers' as economic outlook improves
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the UK's finances were in slightly better shape - but tax hikes or spending cuts could be needed to meet union demands for pay rises in line with inflation
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Government 'hiding £28 billion cuts in smoke and mirrors budget' claim
The TUC has published a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), accusing the government of playing "smoke and mirrors" with its figures
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Brits 'to be poorer per person than Poland by 2030 under Tories', Starmer warns
The Labour leader will on Monday pledge to get Britain out of its current "doom loop" and achieve the highest growth in the G7
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Heartless customer 'steps over' Deliveroo driver after he collapses on street
The driver, who has only been identified by Mohamed, was trying to complete a delivery on his bicycle last night to a luxury flat building in East London when he collapsed
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'Every child should get free toothbrush and toothpaste to tackle rotting teeth'
More than 25,000 children had decaying teeth removed in hospital last year. From 'DIY Dentistry' to tots with decaying baby teeth, it is warned there is a crisis in dentistry across the board
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More than 30 criminals let out without tags due to IT blunders, report shows
Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately 3,000 cases at HM Courts & Tribunals Service
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Thousands of London Underground drivers to strike on Budget day next month
Trade union Aslef has announced a walkout on March 15 after 99% of members who voted back industrial action in a dispute over pensions and working arrangements
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MPs should NOT receive a pay rise amid public sector strikes - You voted
MPs will be given a £2,440 salary boost from April 1, amid a wave of strikes by nurses, railway workers, teachers and others over pay disputes - but what did Mirror readers think?
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Pay row at chemical weapons lab is national security issue, whistleblower claims
Workers at Porton Down are being balloted for strike action with the result set to be announced on Monday. The lab was used to analyse the novichok that poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia
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Crypto queen on FBI's Wost Wanted list for £3billion scam 'killed on yacht'
Dr Ruja Ignatova, 42, went on the run after disappearing with £3.40 billion of investors money. She was put on FBI's most wanted list but hasn't been seen since and now grim links to a Bulgarian crime boss