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Telecoms
Two died after UK shift from analogue to digital phone lines
...The Department of Health and Social Care last year estimated that 1.8mn people used telecare services in the UK....
April 26, 2024
Greensill Capital
Lex Greensill sues UK government over ‘misuse of private information’
...The legal proceedings came as the UK’s insolvency service, which is overseen by the business department, wrapped up an investigation into Greensill Capital....
March 5, 2024
FT Live
US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Strategies for innovation, pricing and access
Thursday, 16 MayNew York, NY, USA
Climate change
Portuguese Gen Z and Swiss boomers await pivotal court rulings on climate change
...Europe’s top human rights court will rule on a trio of climate change cases this week brought by individuals from a range of ages and backgrounds across the continent, potentially prompting governments to...
April 8, 2024
Labour Party UK
Labour shadow justice secretary defends UK’s membership of ECHR
...The Tories have also attacked him over the handling of the case of sexual predator Jimmy Savile by the Crown Prosecution Service when Starmer was director of public prosecutions....
April 21, 2024
UK local government finance
Local authorities in England face deadline to publish overdue accounts
...The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on Thursday set out plans to introduce a “statutory backstop” — a mechanism that would compel bodies such as councils and fire services to finalise...
February 8, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
US set to impose sanctions on Israeli military unit over alleged human rights abuses
...continue to spurn compulsory military service....
April 21, 2024
FT Live
Global Pharma and Biotech Summit
Driving life sciences innovation in a disrupted world
Tuesday, 5 NovemberIn-Person & Online Conference
Artificial intelligence
AI could kill off most call centres, says Tata Consultancy Services head
...The head of Indian IT company Tata Consultancy Services has said artificial intelligence will result in “minimal” need for call centres in as soon as a year, with AI’s rapid advances set to upend a vast...
April 25, 2024
National Health Service
Rishi Sunak falls short of pledge to cut NHS waiting lists in England
...Health secretary Victoria Atkins defended the government’s record but conceded that it had yet to meet its pledge, telling the BBC: “Of course we know there are people waiting, they’re in pain, in anguish...
April 11, 2024
ReviewTheatre
The Human Body, Donmar Warehouse review — postwar Britain and the birth of the NHS on stage
...The Human Body is one of several new plays — including Nye at the National Theatre — reminding us how and why the now beleaguered National Health Service was born....
February 28, 2024
UK financial regulation
UK accounting watchdog warns he is ‘sheriff for only half the county’
...Establishing Arga was regarded as a key part of the government’s attempt to reform Britain’s audit industry after a series of high-profile corporate failures, such as outsourcer Carillion, retailer BHS and...
March 26, 2024
The Big Read
The costly, controversial outsourcing of NHS mental health services
...In 2019, the government announced it would invest £2.3bn extra in mental health services per year by 2023-24 — with total spending on services estimated to reach around £17bn — and it is on track to reach...
January 8, 2024
UK labour disputes
Government and NHS doctors to reopen talks over pay
...The Department of Health and Social Care said “headline pay will not be on the table” during the upcoming meeting....
October 17, 2023
UK Budget 2024
Chancellor sets out £3.4bn plan to boost NHS productivity
...The chancellor said the government would add £2.5bn to the day-to-day budget of the health service in 2024-25, taking the annual total to £164.9bn....
March 6, 2024
Environment
MPs launch probe into health risks from abandoned Welsh mines
...Welsh officials told the FT there was an absence of regulatory standards when it came to the impact of former mines on human health....
March 12, 2024
UK immigration
Rishi Sunak told new Rwanda plan has ‘50% chance at best’ of working
...But advice from the government’s legal department to ministers said there was a significant risk of the European Court of Human Rights blocking flights....
December 8, 2023
FT Live
Future of AI
Igniting a new era of innovation and investment
Wednesday, 6 NovemberLondon. UK
UK defence spending
Sunak pledge to boost defence spending raises prospect of cuts elsewhere
...Rishi Sunak has claimed he can protect public services and reduce taxes while boosting defence spending by £75bn over the next six years, raising the prospect of deep cuts to unprotected government departments...
April 24, 2024
UK social care
Plan to reform social care has ‘gone awry’, say MPs
...The House of Commons public accounts committee said on Wednesday that the Department of Health and Social Care “worryingly” had no road map for achieving its target to improve the quality of social support...
March 20, 2024
FT Magazine
Ovaries are an enigma that could unlock human lifespan
...The Buck began its pioneering work in the late 1990s, after oil heiress Beryl Hamilton Buck donated part of her estate to help the aged of the county....
February 1, 2024
Jemima Kelly
We need a cure for the curse of digital overabundance
...The problem with these streaming services is that the unlimited amount of choice is paralysing. How are we supposed to work out what to listen to?...
March 24, 2024
Cyber warfare
US and UK accuse China of cyber attacks on politicians and companies
...The US Department of Justice on Monday indicted seven Chinese nationals whom it said were members of APT31, a Wuhan-based hacking group run by China’s main spy service....
March 26, 2024
Northern Ireland
Belfast-based band mounts legal challenge after UK government blocks grant
...Human Rights, which provide for freedom of expression and non-discrimination....
February 9, 2024
Special ReportNavigating Cyber Risk
Cyber attacks are one of the biggest threats facing healthcare systems
...The strategy of the US Department of Health and Human Services includes minimum standards for hospital cyber security — with bigger fines for non-compliance — and government funding to help the sector improve...
January 16, 2024
NHS England
One in five people in England awaiting NHS care
...The Department of Health and Social Care said: “We have cut overall waiting lists for four months running despite disruptive strikes and record winter pressures on our NHS....
April 3, 2024
Ireland
Ireland to launch case against UK over law on legacy of Troubles
...Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Féin, the largest party on the island of Ireland, hailed the move, saying “this cruel and shameful act is a flagrant breach of international human rights law”....
December 20, 2023
Northern Ireland
UK law about N Ireland ‘Troubles’ breaches human rights, court rules
...The ruling sparked relief in Dublin, where the Irish government has separately brought a case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights....
February 28, 2024

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