UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’

Exclusive: The Department for Transport has already cut funding but now seeks to block councils’ ability to fine drivers

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Record long-term sickness bodes ill for UK economic growth

Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long

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Hospital admissions for easily treatable STIs rise amid funding cuts in England

Council spending on sexual health services down by more than a third since 2013, Guardian analysis finds

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‘Huge human and economic toll’: one in seven people in #England waiting for #NHS treatment

Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists
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‘Huge human and economic toll’: one in seven people in England waiting for NHS treatment

Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists

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Crumbling hospitals cause over 100 care disruptions a week, NHS figures show

Exclusive: 27,545 incidents in five years in England because of fires, leaks and infrastructure problems

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Councils in England inspect only half of all mould reports in private rental housing

Analysis of government data has revealed local authorities inspected 11,897 homes in 2021-2022 despite receiving 23,727 complaints

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