British nursing hopefuls are turned away as NHS recruits migrants, think-tank claims During 2020 pandemic, 23,000 UK applicants for nursing courses turned down Since 2010, more than half of 650,000 UK applicants were turned away 3 out of 10 nurses who joined the NHS since 2018 were from foreign countries By Steve Doughty Social Affairs … Read more
Marriage tax perk should be increased TEN-FOLD to £2,500 a year to reward stay-at-home spouses, think-tank says Married people earning under £12,500 can pass on part of allowance to spouse Think tank Onward want to increased this threshold to cover whole £12,500 of the Personal Allowance Change would ‘recognise families rather than just individuals in the … Read more
Increasing taxes to pay for the Covid crisis would be ‘an act of self-sabotage’ which would derail Britain’s economic recovery, Rishi Sunak was warned last night. The Chancellor has repeatedly signalled that tax rises will be needed to repair the battered public finances. With Britain’s national debt topping £2trillion for the first time and borrowing … Read more