Independent Front Page 20th of November 2024
Ukraine has launched US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia for the first time, following President Biden’s approval and prompting Moscow to assert it may consider a nuclear response to such attacks.
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The NHS needs to plug a “spiralling” staff shortage than could render it short of more than half a million staff, according to the Guardian. The newspaper says it obtained an internal document that says it is currently operating with 154,000 fewer full-time staff than it needs, with the NHS “unable to cope” with a rising demand for care. Elsewhere, it writes that an independent drugs advisory council warned against banning laughing gas, saying it could create “significant burdens” for those who need to use it.
Independent Front Page 17th of November 2024
William Hague has criticised Peter Mandelson for attempting to become the UK’s new envoy in the US while also seeking to be chancellor of the University of Oxford, arguing that holding both positions would be incompatible.
Independent Front Page 16th of November 2024
Lords have called for the resentencing of 2,700 prisoners trapped under abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection orders, highlighting the wider issue of indefinite jail terms and comparing it to past justice scandals.
Independent Front Page 15th of November 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, speaking at Mansion House, announced plans to ease banking regulations in an effort to regain the trust of the financial sector and promote economic growth.