The economy continues to be the election campaign's main battleground today. Labour will be setting out its plans to ban what it calls "exploitative" zero hour contracts. We'll be keeping … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Breaking down the 1.9 million increase in employment. Read
Preparation and (hu)manpower. Read
Health
The number of GPs working in England has grown by 1,300 between 2010 and 2014, according to figures published today. You might be forgiven for thinking that means they're up … Read
Health
It's been reported that a quarter of psychosis cases are the result of cannabis use, according to new research. But the research only covered one region. Read
Health
Research published in the British Medical Journal earlier this week said that moderate drinking was only associated with reduced mortality for women over the age of 65, with "little to … Read
Health
"Referrals from NHS 111 to A&E increased from just under 400,000 calls in 2013 to over a million in 2014. Similarly, referrals to GPs went up from just under 3 … Read
"The NHS 111 helpline is piling pressure on health services, with the number of calls referred through to GPs and A&E each up by almost 200%, according to doctors' leaders." … Read
Health
This tweet from Labour's health team caught our eye: That's almost true — we've looked at the data for the NHS in England and we make it 61 weeks, not … Read
Health
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has stepped in to correct inaccurate reporting of figures on the number of new nurses who are recruited from overseas. Earlier in … Read
