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Rishi Sunak bizarrely claimed that after 13 years of Tory rule voters will be choosing change if they back him at the election during his first conference speech as Conservative leader

Local authorities are grappling with a collective “hole” of £3.5billion in their finances, meaning they could be forced to make cuts to vital services

Cash-strapped councils are grappling with a £3.5billion funding black hole for next year, risking cuts to jobs and vital services as town halls struggle to balance the books

Medical negligence lawyers Devonshires say compensation amounts have jumped 383% in ten years, and it is feared the total could hit £33million by 2028

The controversial austerity-era policy is set to be raised at a meeting of the party's top team on Tuesday with a Shadow Cabinet source saying: 'A lot of us are deeply troubled by it'

Legislation pushed through by former Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been thrown out by the High Court in a huge victory for unions

A report for the Centre for Progressive Change think tank outlines how reforming the system could deliver benefits for businesses, workers and the Treasury

In a brazen challenge to Rishi Sunak, 20 disgruntled MPs who call themselves the New Conservatives said the party faces wipeout in the polls if it fails to drag down net migration, which is at a record high

With another Bank of England rate hike predicted for today, the Government is accused of being out of ideas and clueless about people’s financial predicament

Labour’s Dr Rosena Allin-Khan warned hard-working staff including doctors and nurses are facing extra pressures as hospitals struggle with record waiting lists

The public service union, Unison, have created a new, limited edition range of action figures based off real life council staff to celebrate the work they do for their local communities.

Union leaders warned people would be working 'excessive hours' if vital EU rules are scrapped and called the move the 'latest attack' on working people's rights by the Tories

Labour MP Paula Barker will unveil a Ten Minute Rule Bill next month to try and enforce existing legislation - and hand carers vital extra cash they should be getting anyway

At least £61million is being spent annually in England on the extra provision from private firms as ambulance services struggle to respond to emergency calls

Nearly 4,000 medics and Armed Forces veterans have been invited to the King's Coronation - Professor Nola Ishmael is furious at the double standards the invitation exposes

Hospitals across England will face unprecedented disruption as the Royal College of Nursing announced the strikes will take place in a fortnight - possibly to coincide with action by junior doctors

The British Medical Association invited the minister to negotiations a day after the rest of the NHS workforce concluded talks with a deal for England

Almost a quarter of ambulance staff now plan to quit jobs according to the shock national NHS Staff Survey - while a separate poll for Channel 4’s Dispatches found 53% of ambulance workers said they had witnessed a death caused by NHS delays

The breakthrough means talks between NHS unions and ministers will start next week when almost 50,000 workers had planned walk-outs

Health unions have finally been called in for pay talks by the Government - a day after the GMB union said paramedics would attend only the most obviously life-threatening 999 calls during its next England-wide strike

Officials representing 13 health unions have written to Steve Barclay saying there will be "potentially perilous consequences" over the Government's handling of the bitter pay dispute

Unison announced up to 32,000 NHS workers - including paramedics, nurses, blood collection workers, healthcare assistants, cleaners and porters - will down tools on the new March date.

Unison today accused the government of 'being on another planet' as the row over pay and safety deepens - with four ambulance services as well as staff at NHS Blood and Transplant and Great Ormond Street Hospital voting to strike after being re-balloted

Unison's fresh date will mean strikes will now be happening across the NHS every day next week apart from Wednesday in a rolling wave of action set to cause huge disruption across the health service

As thousands of ambulance workers went on strike and lined picket lines in the freezing cold - ministers were accused of spending too much time in “nice toasty offices” than finding out what the situation was like on the frontline