Some current recipients of health and disability benefits are likely to lose out under a planned overhaul of the welfare system, which is expected to tighten eligibility criteria for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images The work and pensions secretary has insisted her planned overhaul to benefits rules will be fair, as Labour MPs wait for details of expected welfare cuts. Liz Kendall
Getty Images About 6,000 community pharmacies in England are, for the first time, being advised to start “working to rule”, in two weeks, unless an agreement can be reached with the government on a
The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday. The V.A. will continue hormone treatment
An Afghan girl receives a loaf of bread in front of a bakery among the crowd in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 5, 2022. — Reuters KABUL: The World Health Organisation said on Monday 80% of
BBC In the next 24 hours and then over the following fortnight up until the Spring Statement, the government is going to talk a lot about a broken welfare system that is failing the
Stewart Whittingham BBC News, Liverpool Andy Gill BBC News Reporting fromLiverpool Town Hall Cheshire Police Lucy Letby killed babies while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital Lawyers for former bosses of the hospital
Abortion bans successfully prevented some women from getting abortions in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a detailed new study of birth data from 2023. The
Even chatbots get the blues. According to a new studyOpenAI’s artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT shows signs of anxiety when its users share “traumatic narratives” about crime, war or car accidents. And when chatbots get
On a recent Friday morning, Daniel, a lawyer in his early 40s, was in a Zoom counseling session describing tapering off lithium. Earlier that week he had awakened with racing thoughts, so anxious that