How the UK squandered billions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Around £33.6bn of taxpayers’ money has been lost to fraud and wastage.
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How deprivation fuels the life expectancy gap
Those living in England’s most deprived areas live almost a decade less than those in the least deprived.
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“Frankly, people are dying”: The NHS spring crisis your higher taxes can’t solve
A record hospital backlog is putting patients “in danger” and leaving them “cynical” about the health service, the New Statesman…
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Devi Sridhar on the next pandemic and why she abandoned “zero Covid”
The Edinburgh professor discusses her new book, Scottish independence and why she “leans towards” the lab leak theory.
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In a new global survey of mental health, the UK is slumped in last place
Economic prosperity is good, but only in countries that continue to cherish a thing called society.
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Army veteran who served in Iraq faces deportation
“I’m suffering for my service to the country I love,” says Joram Nechironga. “I feel hopeless every time I hear…
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The midwife crisis demands action — before it is too late
The emotional and physical toll on midwives such as myself is unsustainable. When will the government wake up?
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Covid-19 death rates expose health inequalities
England’s most deprived areas had four to six times as many avoidable coronavirus deaths.
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