What changes next, and what it costs
Public Health Scotland figures to 30 September show 588,864 people on at least one outpatient, inpatient or day case list, with the longest waits shrinking but performance against the 12-week standards slipping.
Eight boiler units of about 800 tonnes each will be taken out of the closed Kent nuclear station, clearing roughly a third of its above-ground structures.
The Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park in Nottinghamshire was approved by the energy department on 27 October, on the same day as a second solar scheme at Frodsham in Cheshire.
New figures from National Records of Scotland show a second annual fall, driven by fewer deaths among men, as a Fife hospital starts a trial of a dedicated alcohol care team.
The Department for Transport has confirmed it will follow the EU's tougher standard, which for the first time covers brake dust, tyres and electric car battery durability, but has dropped an earlier deadline for brand new models.
Ministers have found £945,000 to keep the "ask and act" pilots running until March. A report from the charity estimates what public bodies will need to spend before the duties start in November 2028.
The CMA has opened a two-week window for comments before deciding whether to start a formal investigation into the US logistics group's purchase of the London-based property company.
Feasibility studies, design fees and environmental assessments averaged £357,000 per business over five years, and a third of firms that run up these costs say they do not understand how they are taxed.
The government's summer tracker shows 53% would pick a connected washing machine or dishwasher when replacing one, but fewer than half are comfortable letting a supplier decide when it runs.
Longer reads on how a system works, and where it is heading next.
From February 2030 the UK's oldest inflation measure will be calculated using the methods behind CPIH. The change is technical, but it will alter payments on pensions, gilts and student loans for years.
The Retail Prices Index has measured the cost of living in the UK since 1947. It is no longer the government's preferred measure of inflation, yet it is still written into contracts, pension rules and government bonds worth hundreds of billions of pounds. In 2030 the…
A Spending Review decides how much each department can spend on day-to-day services and on investment, often for three years or more. Here is how the money is divided and what it leaves out.
A Budget is mostly about tax. The question of how much each government department gets to spend is settled in a different process, the Spending Review. Its decisions can run for several years, which means the funding for schools, hospitals, courts and roads in a given…
The Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park in Nottinghamshire was approved by the energy department on 27 October, on the same day as a second solar scheme at Frodsham in Cheshire.
Eight boiler units of about 800 tonnes each will be taken out of the closed Kent nuclear station, clearing roughly a third of its above-ground structures.
The insolvency firm formerly called Begbies Traynor counted more stretched companies than at any point since 2004, though the number close to collapse fell by a fifth.
The London-listed bank now expects operating income to grow faster than its previous 5% to 7% range, helped by a third consecutive record quarter in its wealth business.
New supply fell 8% in a year, while councils let 14% fewer homes and the number of empty council properties rose, according to the Scottish Government's annual housing statistics.
The Ministry of Defence's annual regional breakdown shows spending per person ranging from £70 in the North East to £1,130 in the South West.
The final report on the first £1.085bn of Bus Service Improvement Plan money says the schemes finished by March 2025 are likely to be medium to high value for money, but passengers grew less happy with the cost of travel after the fare cap rose to £3.
Public Health Scotland figures to 30 September show 588,864 people on at least one outpatient, inpatient or day case list, with the longest waits shrinking but performance against the 12-week standards slipping.
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