French parliament to vote on assisted dying: Patients share their stories

French deputies are set to vote Tuesday on a controversial bill regarding end-of-life options before it moves to the Senate. The proposed โ€œright to aid in dyingโ€ has divided politicians and healthcare professionals and reignited heated bioethical deba…

The anti-Farage? Yvette Cooper vs Reform UK

Starmer is betting on a migration policy stalwart to take on insurgent Nigel Farage โ€” and the Treasury.

Trumpโ€™s beef with the World Health Organization is personal

Heโ€™s said the UN bodyโ€™s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.

โ€˜It will kill peopleโ€™: Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid

The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.

POLITICOโ€™s 2024 Backhanded Awards

There has never been a more deserving set of “winners.”

Undercover as a home care worker in France: โ€˜I have to cope alone and I receive no trainingโ€™ | Saลกa Uhlovรก

In Marseille, I find agency bosses desperate to fill shifts, families desperate to secure care for loved ones and a system that places no value on the workWho keeps Europeโ€™s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east โ€“ and I went u…

From a hospital in Gaza: โ€˜Please let me dieโ€™

We urge the international and medical community to demand an immediate and permanent cease-fire, and to allow access to the humanitarian aid so desperately needed.

Heightened mpox vigilance urged by EU as deadly virus spreads

The virus is fast-spreading in Africa, where it has claimed more than 500 lives this year.

UKโ€™s Labour to reintroduce tobacco ban, but backs off on disposable vapes

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ban anyone born after January 2009 from buying cigarettes.

The end of the Brexit dream

The Britain envisaged by the countryโ€™s Euroskeptic politicians looks further away than ever.

500 medical workers killed during Israelโ€™s military assault on Gaza, UN says

“This equates to an average of two health care workers killed every day,” British charity warns.

Labourโ€™s election policy positions, tracked

Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

โ€˜If you want to abuse your workers, thatโ€™s fineโ€™: UK modern slavery watchdogโ€™s funding cut

Government accused of undermining the fight against labour abuses after ยฃ2m reduction in oversight budgetBritainโ€™s labour abuse watchdog has had its funding cut by the Home Office despite a dramatic surge in exploitation in the care sector.The budget o…

Does Britain still care about Brexit? Even the (Brexit-hating) Lib Dems arenโ€™t sure

Ed Davey is desperate to lead his band of centrists back to their traditional place as Britain’s third party.

Why Britainโ€™s doctors are striking and stressed โ€” by the numbers

Underinvestment, pay freezes and a pandemic have left the NHS reeling โ€” and medical workers more unhappy than ever.

Modern slavery โ€˜a featureโ€™ of care sector in England since Brexit

End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery becoming โ€œa featureโ€ of th…

Sunak rebuked by UKโ€™s statistics watchdog for making misleading claim about government debt โ€“ as it happened

The prime minister has been facing questions on his governmentโ€™s performance from senior MPs on the Commons liaison committeeSocial care leaders felt โ€œblindsidedโ€ by recently announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their fami…