[ Patients’ health is being put at risk by medicine shortages that have become a daily occurrence in pharmacies across England, according to a new report. Community Pharmacy England has warned medicine supply issues have become “beyond critical”. In its 2024 Pressures Survey report, which is based on the views of over 6,100 pharmacy owners … Read more
[ Europe’s border checks are set to change as part of post-Brexit travel arrangements (Photo: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images) More than 270 e-gates rolled out at 15 air and rail ports across the UK since a pilot at Manchester and Stansted airports in 2008 were installed to make border control cheaper and more efficient … Read more
[ Brexit is fueling UK shortages of life-saving drugs such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication following a “shock rise” in global supply problems, a think-tank has warned. Researchers at The Nuffield Trust urged the Government to carry out a review of the UK’s “broken” medicine supply chain after finding the impact of leaving the European … Read more
[ The bar for political honours is too low and risks undermining the system without reform, the Government has been warned. No 10 is facing backlash for slipping out an unexpected honours list which included Tory MPs and a businessman who gave £5m to the party. The inclusion of Sir Mohamed Mansour, a Tory treasurer … Read more
[ Rishi Sunak has been accused of “blatant disrespect” by Labour after giving a knighthood to a major Tory donor in a surprise round of honours. Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour, who was appointed as a senior treasurer of the Conservative Party in December 2022, has been awarded a knighthoood for “business, charity and political service”. … Read more
[ A major Tory donor has been given a knighthood in a surprise round of honours recommended by Rishi Sunak, No 10 has announced. Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour, who was appointed as a senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party in December 2022, has been awarded a knighthoood for “business, charity and political service”. He donated … Read more
[ A €50bn package in financial aid for Ukraine from the EU has been vetoed by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban just hours after the bloc agreed to open membership talks with Kyiv. On Thursday European Union leaders took the historic step of agreeing to start accession negotiations with a country at war, bypassing objections … Read more
