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Resident Doctor Strike Cost Tops 3bn As New Action Begins

The Government could have built a “few” hospitals or slashed NHS waiting lists faster with the estimated £3 billion it has cost to cover the long-running dispute with resident doctors, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said..

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Fitness tests for police officers need to change

If you call the police because somebody is breaking into your house or attacking you, it’s reasonable to expect the attending officers to be fit enough to give chase so they can quickly and safely catch the perpetrator. Sending overweight or sluggish officers incapable of performing this very basic policing function would not only be failing the public but failing those officers too.

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