24/03/2025 17:48
The Guardian
Downing Street says PM focusing on ‘bringing durable peace in Ukraine’ after Steve Witkoff’s commentsThere have been a lot of claims recently, in the rightwing papers and on social media, that the government is wasting a fortune on expensive cars for disabled people getting benefits, through the Motability scheme. Archie Bland has a very good explainer setting out how the scheme actually works, and showing why many of these allegations are false or misleading.The forthcoming plan to fix the NHS will see funds allocated to social care, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has suggested. PA Media reports:Streeting said spending NHS resources “more effectively though social care” will be better for patients and deliver better value for taxpayers.At present, social care is most often paid for by councils, but thousands of people at any one time are stuck in NHS hospital beds even though they are fit to be discharged. Continue reading...
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