All news on the topic: Public services

This Government has many other plans to improve efficiency. Soon, nurses will have to bring in their own beds and patients having transplants will be asked to perform the operation ­themselves, writes Mark Steel

Politicians shouldn't be allowed to moonlight, hit the speech circuit, or take a holiday without their employer's approval. Which is us, says Fleet Street Fox

The Mirror's Real Britain columnist Ros Wynne Jones writes about terminally ill artist Michael Bryson who discharged himself after 12 hours in A&E without being treated

Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Labour were in charge from 1997 to 2010

Holly Smith, from Gloucester, sought revenge after finding a pile of rubbish dumped on the side of a country lane in an attempt to keep the countryside "immaculate"

The Public and Commercial Services union warned the Tory Government the major action will impact public services including benefits, passports, driving tests and airports

Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the Commons public accounts committee, warned HMRC it has a 'moral duty' to pursue fraud after Covid schemes including furlough were found to be 'an open goal' for scammers

A groom has taken to Reddit to share how he is making guests pay an entry fee to attend his wedding and he also wants them to bring their own chairs because none will be provided

Nick North said his business has been devastated by a ravenous seal, and claims environmental agencies said they're not allowed to attempt to catch it anymore unless it has life-threatening injuries

The bleak analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests the typical household will see their disposable incomes fall by £2,100 over a two-year period

Unions and MPs reacted furiously last year when the Ministry of Defence handed a £1.6billion contract to build three new vessels to a consortium led by a Spanish company

Brian Reade says that under the Tories, we have witnessed Britain stagnate economically and intellectually, becoming insular, divided and broken - and the divide in our country is now huge

Eight of the ten cheapest council tax rates in England are in London or the southeast, and none are in the north. The most expensive is in Rutland in the East Midlands, at £2,300 a year

The Royal College for Nursing could be willing to accept a 10% rise in their pay, having previously asked for 19%, after union leader Pat Cullen asked the government to meet them "halfway"

Roger Seifert, emeritus professor of industrial relations at Wolverhampton University, answers your questions as the Government announced it will bring in new anti-strike laws

In his New Year speech, the Labour leader blasted Rishi Sunak’s plans to impose 'minimum service levels' on striking sectors and said it isn't the way you 'bring an end to industrial disputes'

The government is planning new laws that will limit the right to strike by allowing employers to sack staff and sue trade unions, it is reported, following months of industrial action

In a major speech in east London, the Labour leader will strike an upbeat tone with a pledge to bring back 'the hope we used to take for granted, that you can build your future around'

During his first major speech of 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to cut NHS waiting lists, grow the economy and tackle the small boats crisis

Speaking on a picket line at London’s Euston station, Mick Lynch said the Government 'knows what needs to be done to move towards a settlement that we can all support' - but it has not happened so far

The government could give striking workers extra perks to bring crippling industrial action to an end but it will "hold firm" on pay, a Whitehall source reportedly said

When the NHS is already on its knees before the depths of winter and many more illnesses strike, the situation is frightening. It was starved of funds by a decade by Tory PMs

The post-Christmas return to work will be hit by disruption as members of the RMT union stage industrial action today, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with road travel also hampered by strikes

Bingo, who now works in Liverpool, visits schools across the area and hopes to inspire LGBTQ+ young people and show them they have a place in church