#underfundingpublicservices — Public Fediverse posts

#SpecialEducationalNeeds

'£5bn debt crisis of special educational needs ‘could bankrupt’ #English councils

Increased demand for children’s services leading to meltdown, warn local authority leaders'
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jul/25/5bn-debt-crisis-of-special-educational-needs-could-bankrupt-english-councils
#ToryLegacy #SEN #UnderfundingPublicServices

Nottingham A&E staff may have mistaken dying woman for homeless person, inquest told - https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/24/inga-rublite-inquest-nottingham-queens-medical-centre
#ToryPoliciesInAction [cost lives] #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitsBeforePeople

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

#Prison #rehabilitation numbers down 74% since 2010, #MoJ data shows

Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed #OffenderManagementCourses than when #DavidCameron took office
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/01/prison-rehabilitation-numbers-down-74-since-2010-moj-data-shows
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #SoftOnCrime #CriminalJusticeSystem

#EnvironmentAgency refuses to reveal #directors’ possible #ConflictsOfInterest -

The refusal to provide the information comes after the head of the agency, #PhilipDuffy, admitted that #FreedomOfInformation requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the #environment in #England is “embarrassing”.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/01/environment-agency-refuses-to-reveal-directors-possible-conflicts-of-interest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption #AvoidingScrutiny #UnderfundingPublicServices

#Teenagers ‘crying out’ for return of #YouthClubs in #England, study finds

Steep cuts left three-quarters of 16- to 19-year-olds unable to get support, youth agency says

‘Youth clubs helped me’: #EfeObada calls for funding for centres for young people

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/teenagers-crying-out-for-return-of-youth-clubs-in-england-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #GE2024

#Teenagers ‘crying out’ for return of #YouthClubs in #England, study finds

Steep cuts left three-quarters of 16- to 19-year-olds unable to get support, youth agency says

‘Youth clubs helped me’: #EfeObada calls for funding for centres for young people

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/teenagers-crying-out-for-return-of-youth-clubs-in-england-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #GE2024

#Teenagers ‘crying out’ for return of #YouthClubs in #England, study finds

Steep cuts left three-quarters of 16- to 19-year-olds unable to get support, youth agency says

‘Youth clubs helped me’: #EfeObada calls for funding for centres for young people

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/teenagers-crying-out-for-return-of-youth-clubs-in-england-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #GE2024

#Teenagers ‘crying out’ for return of #YouthClubs in #England, study finds

Steep cuts left three-quarters of 16- to 19-year-olds unable to get support, youth agency says

‘Youth clubs helped me’: #EfeObada calls for funding for centres for young people

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/teenagers-crying-out-for-return-of-youth-clubs-in-england-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #GE2024

#Teenagers ‘crying out’ for return of #YouthClubs in #England, study finds

Steep cuts left three-quarters of 16- to 19-year-olds unable to get support, youth agency says

‘Youth clubs helped me’: #EfeObada calls for funding for centres for young people

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/30/teenagers-crying-out-for-return-of-youth-clubs-in-england-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #GE2024

#FA funds #police unit to catch those who abuse #England players on #SocialMedia - https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/12/fa-funds-police-unit-to-catch-those-who-abuse-england-players-on-social-media
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise #PrivatePolicing #GE2024

#UK #universities face ‘irreversible decline’, [under current policies] global league table suggests

#British institutions face possible closure as 52 out of 90 are given lower positions this year in #QuacquarelliSymonds (QS) rankings
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jun/04/uk-universities-face-irreversible-decline-global-league-table-suggests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #BrexitBonus #Immigration #GE2024

Record number of #NHSEngland
#MentalHealth #patients kept in #hospitals longer than necessary

Lack of #Care and #support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be discharged
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/01/record-number-of-nhs-mental-health-patients-kept-in-hospitals-longer-than-necessary
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingLocalAuthorities #BreakThenPrivatise #GE2024

#UK #FreeSchoolMeal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Researchers also find lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools and say portion sizes sometimes not enough
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/free-school-meal-allowances-healthy-lunches-study
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

#UK #FreeSchoolMeal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Researchers also find lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools and say portion sizes sometimes not enough
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/free-school-meal-allowances-healthy-lunches-study
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

#UK #FreeSchoolMeal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Researchers also find lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools and say portion sizes sometimes not enough
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/free-school-meal-allowances-healthy-lunches-study
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

#UK #FreeSchoolMeal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Researchers also find lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools and say portion sizes sometimes not enough
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/free-school-meal-allowances-healthy-lunches-study
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

Revealed: locum #GPs in #England can’t find work as surgeries buckle under patient demand

#BritishMedicalAssociation blames ‘employment crisis’ on #FundingShortfall and move to hire more #NonDoctors in practices
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/england-locum-gps-doctors-work-surgeries-british-medical-association
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #PAs #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices #Health

#UK #JusticeSystem

Wrongly convicted #AndrewMalkinson using #FoodBank as he awaits payout

Exclusive: Man freed last year after [incorrectly serving] 17 years in jail says he is struggling to survive on #benefits while he pursues compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/11/andrew-malkinson-compensation-food-bank
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

Government triggers #CrisisMeasure to ease #PrisonOvercrowding

Exclusive: #OperationSafeguard confirmed by #MinistryOfJustice after damning report on conditions in one of #UK’s biggest #jails
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/09/government-crisis-measure-prison-overcrowding
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #JusticeSystem

#Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells

Longer sentences and #CourtBacklogs push 25% of prisoners in #England and #Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/prisons-sleepwalking-into-crisis-as-inmates-forced-to-share-single-cells
#ToryPoliciesInAction #JusticeSystem #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingPublicInfrastructure

#SpecialEducationalNeeds

School leaders warn of ‘full-blown’ #SpecialNeedsCrisis in #England

Survey by #NAHT union finds #FundingShortages mean pupils are losing out on vital support
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/04/school-leaders-warn-of-full-blown-special-needs-crisis-in-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices #SEN

#Parents, #voters, ministers – do the maths: if we run out of #teachers, who will teach our #children?

It’s a recruitment and retention emergency when even desirable schools can’t fill vacancies. This is what a crisis looks like
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/30/parents-voters-ministers-run-out-teachers-recruitment-schools
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices

#VulnerableTeenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by #councils in #England

Campaigners say cash-strapped #LocalAuthorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for #grooming by criminal gangs
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/28/vulnerable-teenagers-dumped-and-abandoned-in-hotels-by-councils-in-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #UnderfundingLocalCouncils #ToryInhumanity

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

Most #UK #DairyFarms ignoring #pollution rules as #manure spews into #rivers

Exclusive: 80% of #Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of #English ones, 60% in #Scotland and 50% in #Northern Ireland breaching regulations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/most-uk-dairy-farms-ignoring-pollution-rules-as-manure-spews-into-rivers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #EnvironmentalProtectionEnforcement #Gove #UnderfundingPublicServices #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #England #Wales

Hundreds of thousands face being denied revolutionary new #dementia drugs in #England

Exclusive: Treatments near approval but lack of diagnostic capacity means #NHSEngland unprepared for rollout, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/05/dementia-patients-england-nhs-may-be-denied-access-new-drugs

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #NHS #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

One in three #teachers have no #BehaviourSupport for #pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Long waiting lists and #InsufficientResources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to #NEU members in #England and #Wales
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/04/one-in-three-teachers-have-no-behaviour-support-for-pupils-with-additional-needs-poll-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices

Why is the #UK facing #WaterShortages despite record #rainfall?

#ClimateBreakdown, an increasing population and a lack of new #infrastructure are factors contributing to #WaterScarcity

UK at risk of summer #WaterShortages and #HosepipeBans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/why-uk-facing-water-shortages-despite-record-rainfall-explainer
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #UnderfundingPublicServices

Why is the #UK facing #WaterShortages despite record #rainfall?

#ClimateBreakdown, an increasing population and a lack of new #infrastructure are factors contributing to #WaterScarcity

UK at risk of summer #WaterShortages and #HosepipeBans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/why-uk-facing-water-shortages-despite-record-rainfall-explainer
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #UnderfundingPublicServices

Why is the #UK facing #WaterShortages despite record #rainfall?

#ClimateBreakdown, an increasing population and a lack of new #infrastructure are factors contributing to #WaterScarcity

UK at risk of summer #WaterShortages and #HosepipeBans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/why-uk-facing-water-shortages-despite-record-rainfall-explainer
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #UnderfundingPublicServices

Why is the #UK facing #WaterShortages despite record #rainfall?

#ClimateBreakdown, an increasing population and a lack of new #infrastructure are factors contributing to #WaterScarcity

UK at risk of summer #WaterShortages and #HosepipeBans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/why-uk-facing-water-shortages-despite-record-rainfall-explainer
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #UnderfundingPublicServices

Why is the #UK facing #WaterShortages despite record #rainfall?

#ClimateBreakdown, an increasing population and a lack of new #infrastructure are factors contributing to #WaterScarcity

UK at risk of summer #WaterShortages and #HosepipeBans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/why-uk-facing-water-shortages-despite-record-rainfall-explainer
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #UnderfundingPublicServices

#Tory #immigration policies risk over-reliance on Chinese students, ex-universities minister warns

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore says restrictions on international students risk a funding crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/31/whitehall-policies-risk-china-reliance-warns-former-universities-minister
#ToruPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices

'#Police in #England and #Wales fail to catch any thieves in 100 neighbourhoods -

The rise in #VehicleCrime has also fuelled high costs for #CarInsurance. The average #UK premium was a record £995 in the final quarter of last year, '
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/31/police-in-england-and-wales-fail-to-catch-any-car-thieves-in-100-neighbourhoods
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #SoftOnCrime

'Cuts to #BBC’s budget by successive #Conservative governments have been “shortsighted” and risked undermining its future, the DG said in a speech on Tuesday.

Announcing further £200m of cuts to the corporation, #TimDavie said 14 years of cuts have reduced its budget by 30% in real terms and had “chipped away at our income over many years and have put serious pressure on our finances”.'
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/26/bbc-boss-hits-out-at-shortsighted-tory-budget-cuts
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

Hard-up #English #councils ration access to #SpecialNeeds tests - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/24/hard-up-english-councils-ration-access-to-special-needs-tests
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices
#SEND

Government has brought #AdultSocialCare in #England ‘to its knees’, MPs say -

Damning report on long-term care system blames uneven #funding and a lack of a plan for failure
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/20/government-has-brought-adult-social-care-in-england-to-its-knees-mps-say
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
#ToryIndifference

Government urged to tackle #poverty to help the #NHS

#Healthcare delays in DeprivedCommunities mean greater need for expensive emergency treatment, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/mar/18/poverty-in-the-uk-shorter-less-healthy-lives
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #FalseEconomy #UnderfundingPublicServices

#Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about #Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people

First it was #austerity. Now it’s something even worse: the suggestion that people didn’t need vital #LocalServices to begin with
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/birmingham-britain-state-cuts-austerity-local-services
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

#Patients foot the bill for cuts as #NHSEngland #dental charges rise 45% in a decade

#Dentists say there is a ‘black hole’ in funding for dental treatment in #England, with further 4% increase to come next month

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/16/patients-foot-the-bill-for-cuts-as-nhs-dental-charges-rise-45-in-a-decade
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise

Revealed: #homeless #children spending entire lives in #TemporaryHousing in #England

Thousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/09/homeless-kids-england-childhood-temporary-housing-families
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices

#NHSEngland leaders welcome £6bn #budget boost but say much more is needed

#NHSConfederation chief says money ‘will scarcely touch the sides’, while there is little help for struggling #SocialCare system
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/06/nhs-england-leaders-welcome-6bn-budget-boost-but-say-much-more-is-needed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices