Health & Social Care

Wealthy pensioners will lose state-funded fuel allowance under Tory plans to shake-up the social care system, Theresa May will announce today.

Party also pledges to increase income tax to pay for NHS cash boost

Meg Hillier also slams lack of accountability for Whitehall chiefs after policy failures

Academics say giving NHS patients access to unapproved medication was a “significant expenditure” that delivered “no meaningful value”

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund failed to meet goals

Announcement comes as Labour announces Jeremy Corbyn has held talks with Sir Jeremy Heywood

Momentous life events remind us why the last thing we need is politicians playing fast and loose with our public services

Review suggests priorities and spending decisions should be “more explicitly informed” by the return they provide on investment

Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low media profile until the horse meat scandal raced over the horizon. She tells Mark Smulian about the changes she has made in the department over the last five years and her plans for the future

Health Select Committee calls for stronger measures to tax unhealthy food and drink, plus clearer warnings on future action

Expanding a government policy that allows people to use the value of their home to pay for social care without having to sell the property could unlock money at a time of growing demand