English A&Es on the brink of collapse

ENGLAND’S A&Es stood on the brink of collapse yesterday with record-breaking emergency admissions and a 255 per cen

Hospital trust merger probed by watchdog

BRITAIN’S competition watchdog has been drafted in to rule on a merger between two publicly funded hospitals.

Minister backs out of rail cash promise

RAIL workers accused ministers of “betrayal” yesterday after Tory Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin tried to wriggle free of pledge

Prison officers ferried around to plug gaps

Staff shortages costing taxpayer thousands

Tories crow over tiny wage rise

Health bosses refuse to publish list of private bidders for £1 billion contract

Miliband attempts to ward off Ukip threat

Air traffic safety threatened by cost-cutting

Consumer frenzy ends in riots

Desperate Black Friday sales grab causes chaos

Unions confront ‘tax scam’ firms

Crooked ‘umbrella’ companies deduct fees from construction workers’ pay