Record numbers of nurses and midwives from EU27 countries quit Britain last year, fuelling fears that a Brexit brain drain will deepen the NHS’s already chronic staffing crisis. A total of 3,962 such staff from… Read More
England
Immigration scandal expected to spread beyond Windrush group | UK news | The Guardian
A growing number of cases of Home Office mistreatment of non-Caribbean Commonwealth-born citizens are emerging, indicating that the problem is likely to spread beyond the Windrush group. Immigration charities and MPs reported that numerous new… Read More
Salisbury asks Banksy to brighten barriers at contaminated sites
The street artist Banksy is being encouraged by council officials to make one of his cloak-and-dagger visits to Salisbury to cheer up the barriers being set up around sites contaminated in the nerve agent attack…. Read More
Windrush scandal: Albert Thompson still in dark about cancer treatment despite May’s promise | UK news | The Guardian
Albert Thompson, the Londoner whose case has come to epitomise the Windrush scandal, has spoken of his anguish as he remains uncertain about whether he is to get radiotherapy for his cancer a day after… Read More
Patients put at risk by ‘aggressive’ treatment at Great Ormond Street
Great Ormond Street children’s hospital unnecessarily gave patients potentially dangerous drugs, subjected them to invasive tests and wrongly diagnosed them with a rare allergy, it can be revealed. An inquiry into the world-renowned London hospital’s… Read More
No 10 refuses Caribbean request to discuss children of Windrush
Downing Street has rejected a formal diplomatic request to discuss the immigration problems being experienced by some Windrush-generation British residents at this week’s meeting of the Commonwealth heads of government, rebuffing a request from representatives… Read More
High court judge backs end-of-life care plan for toddler on life support
A high court judge has endorsed an end-of-life care plan for a 23-month-old boy who has been at the centre of a life-support treatment legal battle. Mr Justice Hayden said the details of provisions for… Read More
First UK strike action over restaurant tips looms at TGI Friday’s
TGI Friday’s is facing the first strike over tips in the UK in an escalation of a row between waiters and the restaurant chain. In February the casual dining chain, which has 83 outlets, proposed… Read More