Financial incentives of up to £400 alongside text messages could encourage men living with obesity to lose weight, research has found. The research, known as
Category: UK
HMRC leaves callers on hold ‘for 800 years’, says spending watchdog
The annual total amount of time taxpayers spent on the phone waiting to speak to a HM Revenue and Customs adviser has more than doubled
Ministers apologise and return £7,000 in benefits to woman, 93, with dementia
Government ministers have formally apologised and repaid £7,000 to a 93-year-old woman whom they held responsible for running up benefits overpayment debts even though they
MPs and peers urge Sunak to U-turn on oil and gas extraction plans
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part of
Hospital surgical teams with more women improve patient recovery, study finds
Hospital surgical teams that include more female doctors improve patient outcomes, lower the risk of serious complications and could in turn reduce healthcare costs, according
High-risk offenders included in early release scheme, prisons inspector says
High-risk offenders including a domestic abuser who posed a risk to children have been freed from jail under the government’s early release scheme, a watchdog
MPs arrested for sexual offences face bans from parliamentary estate
MPs who have been arrested for serious violent or sexual offences face bans from the parliamentary estate under rules approved by just one vote. The
Cap rent rises in England and Wales, Labour-commissioned report says
Rent rises should be capped for millions of people struggling to afford soaring rates, according to a landmark report commissioned by Labour. The leaked proposals
UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways
Police officers in Britain could be armed with Ghostbusters-style devices that fire electromagnetic rays to shut down the engines of ebikes being used in a
Three men accused of aiding Hong Kong intelligence service appear in London court
A Hong Kong trade official working in London has appeared in court alongside a Border Force officer and an immigration enforcement official accused of monitoring,