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Nurses’ patience “will run out” warns the union boss

Professor Nicola Ranger of the Royal College of Nursing said patience is starting to run out.

There was a telling moment at last week’s PMQs. After Keir Starmer declared that Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts was talking “rubbish” – she asked if there was any belief that he held for more than a week – Rachel Reeves roared with laughter. But Angela Rayner, sat by…

Building up children’s resilience is part of a number of measures being rolled out across schools to help tackle poor attendance and behaviour

New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of March

The data will be a blow to Labour, which is introducing ‘carrot and stick reforms’ for NHS leaders.

Health secretary instigates ‘carrot and stick’ policy for England that will award bonuses for cutting waiting times

NHS bosses could be paid £45,000 to move to struggling areas, while underperforming executives could have their pay cut by £15,000

Failing NHS chiefs could have their salaries docked by up to £15,000 under ‘carrot and stick reforms’.