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Labour invite the public to share their experiences, views and ideas on fixing the NHS in a nation-wide consultationGood morning. When the Labour government came into power, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declared on his first day in office “the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken”. The government is going to published a 10-year health plan to fix it, and it is due to be published next spring.Streeting has said the plan will involve three main elements: moving from analogue to digital; more focus on primary care, not hospital care; and more focus on prevention. Keir

Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practiceShoppers with a habit of returning goods bought online to retailers will send back £1,400 of products each this year, totalling £6.6bn, a UK report has found.Serial returners account for 11% of shoppers, but are on course to account for almost a quarter of the £27bn forecast returns this year, according to the report by the return logistics company ZigZag and the research company Retail Economics. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/21/serial-returners-send-back-66bn-of-online-purchases-a-year-in-uk-report-finds Author : Joanna Partridge Publish date : 2024-10-21 07:00:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

The Indigenous senator’s outburst is her highest-profile protest yet, bringing her face to face with her long-term adversary: the British monarchyThe Australian federal senator who interrupted a parliamentary reception for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday has a history of activism and protest for progressive causes and Indigenous rights, courting controversy with a series of prominent public demonstrations through her political career.Lidia Thorpe, a senator for the state of Victoria, yelled “give us our land back”, “fuck the colony” and “you are not my king” during an event in Parliament House on the royals’ Australian tour. Continue reading...

Treasurer says ‘peak of inflation is now in the rear-view mirror’. Follow the day’s news liveAllan calls out opposition to housing planJacinta Allan said that “Nimby-ism” – aka a “not in my backyard” approach to new housing – was “one way to describe” how opponents to her plan are feeling.We’ve got to this point because the loudest voices, who don’t necessarily represent all of the community, have particularly got in the way of building new homes. They’ve been the blockers. They’re particularly Liberal members of parliament, like we saw yesterday in Brighton, and we’ve got Monique Ryan, who is not