Month: March 2024

Borrowing was £8.4bn after higher benefits payments, including cost-of-living support.

Three families united by one support group open up about raising a child with Down’s syndrome.

HMP Styal has seen at least 11 suicides since 2007 – more than any other women’s prison in England.

“This school’s got everything else wrong with it – but it doesn’t have problems with Raac,” one head says.

An AI tool called Mia found missed breast cancer symptoms in the scans of 11 women during an NHS test.

Chocolate prices rise in the run up to Easter after high temperatures curb cocoa crops in West Africa.

The prime minister tells the BBC the economy has “turned a corner” as he is challenged on rising bills.

Campaigners impacted by rises in the state pension retirement age are hoping for compensation.

The cost of renting is increasing in all parts of the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.

A group representing hundreds of clinicians wants to highlight a culture “detrimental to patient safety”.