Mental health workers struggling with overwhelming workload, report finds

Labour and trade unions call for care services to be better funded

The death of austerity is but a ‘great big Tory con’ without spending boost, Corbyn charges

CLAIMS of an end to austerity will be “a great big Conservative con” if public-sector spending is not boosted, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned t

TSSA's Cortes calls for Matheson sacking over British Transport Police merger

MANUEL CORTES called for Transport Secretary Michael Matheson to be sacked from the Cabinet today for his “complete mishandling” of the British Tra

Britain is on the brink of ‘social collapse,’ Labour council leaders warn

Prisoners ‘effectively in control’ of HMP Bedford, watchdog says

PRISONERS are “effectively in control” of HMP Bedford, where violence has risen “significantly,” drugs are “easily available” and both staff and in

Sinn Fein faces its choices

Will the ‘socialist republican party’ turn to the left and lead the emerging housing rebellion, asks OLIVER EAGLETON

An unholy mess

The Archbishop of Canterbury pours scorn on the universal credit rollout, and brands the gig economy a ‘reincarnation of an ancient evil’

Somerset County Council teeters on brink of bankruptcy

TORY-RUN Somerset County Council will vote tomorrow on major cuts to services to save itself from bankruptcy.

Dorset A&E campaigners considering appeal in defeat

SAM TOBIN reports from the High Court

Somerset County Council accused of financial incompetence after staff asked to take unpaid leave

UNITE the union accused Somerset County Council today of financial incompetence after the authority proposed staff take two days’ unpaid leave over