• Ministers to make it easier for foreign nurses and dentists to work in NHS

    Change to registration process will pave way for thousands of staff trained overseas to come to UK, says governmentMinisters will introduce legislation as soon as parliament returns on Monday to tackle the NHS’s worsening staffing crisis by making it easier for overseas nurses and dentists to work in the UK.The move is part of a drive by the health secretary, Steve Barclay, to increase overseas recruitment to help plug workforce gaps in health and social care. Continue reading...
  • Bills, Russia and angry Tories: key challenges Liz Truss will face as PM

    Will the likely next leader be able to stick to her tax cut pledges given the cost of living crisis and strain on the NHS?If, as widely presumed, Liz Truss becomes the new prime minister this week, she will face a mass of policy challenges of a variety and scale almost unprecedented for a postwar leader, particularly a brand new one. Truss will be fully aware of the extent of her task, if not always necessarily how she will tackle it. These are the main challenges: Continue reading...

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