Cancer services must adapt
The Public Accounts Committee said the NHS is struggling to meet demand for cancer services, and the drive to improve care has “lost momentum”...
In...
National Express pledges living wage for UK workers
Transport firm National Express is set to become an accredited living wage employer, paying workers more than the National Minimum Wage...
National Express will become...
Housing costs impact relationships
According to a new survey, one in 10 UK adults feel they are stuck in an unhappy relationship because they cannot afford to rent...
Scotland facing GP recruitment crisis
The British Medical Association has called for action after claiming almost a fifth of GP practices in Scotland have a vacancy...
According to figures released...
Putting skin cancer in the shade
Sarah Williams, Senior Health Information Officer at Cancer Research UK sheds light on the increased number of skin cancer diagnoses and the importance of...
High performing teachers could get pay rise
Teachers who perform exceptionally well in schools across England and Wales could be given a pay rise of up to two per cent under...
The value of apprenticeships
As National Apprenticeship Week draws to a close, Adjacent Digital Politics examines the value of these training schemes and how they can help young...
Organic – keeping it natural
Only put in what you want to get out: Clare McDermott, from the Soil Association describes how an organic system keeps it natural…
Organic is a...
MPs vote in favour of plain cigarette packaging
MPs have voted in favour of introducing standardised packaging for cigarettes in the UK...
The issue of plain packaging on cigarettes may have divided opinion...
Lack of information facing Welsh patients
The Welsh Affairs Committee has warned that patients in Wales living near the English border face a “worrying lack of information” about the impact...
New train designs released by ScotRail
Abellio, the new franchise owner of ScotRail, has unveiled the designs of 70 new trains being built for the service...
The 70 new ScotRail trains...
Extreme events in deterministic systems
Prof Dr Henk W Broer and Dr Alef E Sterk from the University of Groningen discuss how mathematical modelling offers a fruitful approach towards...
High aspirations for Norway in Horizon 2020
Arvid Hallén, Director General of The Research Council of Norway, sheds light on how the country will benefit from the Horizon 2020 programme and...
Older workers create jobs for young people
A new government-backed report has revealed when people in their 50s maintain their employment it creates more jobs for younger people...
The government-appointed champion for...
£3m to boost low carbon heating
The government has announced £3m will be made available to set up low carbon heat networks across 55 local authorities...
An extra £3m funding will...
The European energy challenge
AG looks at the European Commission’s key priorities in regards to energy, and the challenges ahead…
The EU is facing a crisis of confidence that...
Coventry council sick days cost £11.6m
Sick days at Coventry City Council will have cost an estimated £11.6m by the end of the financial year, it has emerged...
According to new...
Social media will influence voting
A new poll has revealed a third of young people believe social media will influence how they vote in the upcoming general election...
There is...
Children’s social care is ‘inadequate’
Ofsted has reported children's social care services are inadequate in three-quarters of the local authorities inspected across England...
Across England a total of three-quarters of the local authorities...
Electric cars could cut oil imports
A new study has revealed that switching to electric cars could cut the amount of oil the UK needs to import by 40 per...
