Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago Malnutrition continues to take a toll among Gaza’s young despite a ceasefire declared two months ago, with more than 9,000 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October alone, according to the latest UN figures. While the immediate threat of famine has receded for most of the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza after the ceasefire announcement on 10 October, the UN and other aid agencies report continuing Israeli restrictions on their humanitarian aid shipments, which they say fall well below the needs of a population weakened and traumatised by two years of war, homelessness and living in flimsy shelters. Continue reading...

The government accepted the blame for the mishandling of the carer's allowance - but one DWP bigwig thinks carers are to blame

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NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises

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Hundreds of grassroots GPs have signed letters to health secretary Wes Streeting defending the BMA’s role in contract negotiations.

Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control. Britain’s biggest water company on Wednesday said it had swung into profit for the six months to September, after losing £230m in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...

Crimes like burglary and threatening to kill will no longer be tried before juries in England and Wales, under reforms announced today by the Justice Secretary David Lammy.