Health secretary Matt Hancock today (February 11) announced government plans to overhaul the NHS in England by reversing reforms of the health service first introduced by then-prime minister David…Read more…
Local lockdowns on the rise amid spike in cases
As the spectre of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic haunts the UK, more and more areas have had local lockdowns imposed, with parts of the north east being the latest area to face new…Read more…
‘Corruption on a cosmic scale’
As a robust and efficient Covid-19 test and trace system struggles to get off the ground in the UK, biomedical scientists – experts in laboratory testing – have condemned the overuse of the private…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES easyJet and Dnata Catering members fighting for their…Read more…
Govt’s ‘scrimping’ could cost lives
Thirteen quid a day. Not a lot really when you take your bills, outgoings, kids’ school uniforms, gas – not to mention food – into account. It all adds up to earning around £4,700 a year.
The post…Read more…
‘We’ve just been thrown under the bus’
Earlier this week, health secretary Matt Hancock dropped a bombshell announcement laying out his plans to entirely scrap Public Health England (PHE) in the middle of a pandemic, a decision which was…Read more…
‘Jobs for the boys and girls’?
The government has today (August 18) officially announced plans to axe Public Health England (PHE) and replace the body with a new agency, after the plans were leaked to the media at the weekend. PHE…Read more…
The ghost of check-off past – Danny Alexander returns to haunt Matt Hancock
Cabinet Office Minster Matt Hancock MP took everyone by surprise with today’s last-minute addition to the Trade Union Bill. In revealing plans to abolish check-off (the process by which employers deduct union subscriptions directly from wages) arrangements for union members in the public…Read more…