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ReAssure customers with old L&G policies ‘at their wits’ end’ over failings Reassure took over L&G insurance-based savings and pensions business Readers with old L&G policies have complained of having contributions stopped Others have been unable to get through to ReAssure to complain By Colin Nicholson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 … Read more
A coroner has slammed the care given to a mother whose week-old baby died following a catalogue of hospital blunders as ‘nothing short of shocking’. Tiny Kaylan Coates suffered serious injuries including skull fractures during a forceps delivery and died from a hospital infection days later. Staff at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre ignored pregnant Hayley … Read more
The commanding officer of a ‘toxic’ specialist police unit accepts that his ‘failings of management’ helped lead to the discriminatory culture that developed amongst his officers, a tribunal heard today. Six officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s Serious Organised Crime Unit (Socu) office in Basingstoke, Hampshire were all found guilty of gross misconduct after they were recorded … Read more
Almost 40% of maternity units are hit by failings: Huge number of centres for mothers-to-be are failing to meet basic safety standards, health watchdog warns Nearly four in ten maternity services are failing to meet basic safety standards, a safety watchdog has warned 38 per cent of units were currently rated as ‘requiring improvement for … Read more
Chief executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson (pictured) said ‘years of underfunding’ for PHE and public health more generally have left the country unprepared to deal with a pandemic Ministers have been accused of seeking to deflect attention from their own handling of the coronavirus crisis after reports Public Health England is to be broken … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is blamed for early failings of Cobra meetings as government sources claim he didn’t ‘challenge’ his own department’s Covid-19 crisis response Whitehall’s coronavirus finger-pointing has thrust Matt Hancock into firing line The Health Secretary is accused of poorly chairing the initial Cobra meetings Plans have been sketched out for independent minister … Read more
Former Whitehall chiefs yesterday rounded on Boris Johnson over the ousting of the Cabinet Secretary. Sir Mark Sedwill quit his dual role as the country’s top civil servant and national security adviser following a power struggle with Dominic Cummings. In a cordial exchange of letters, the PM and Sir Mark insisted his resignation on Sunday night … Read more
Money Mail today exposes how pushy equity release salesmen are getting rich by draining the property wealth built up over decades by elderly homeowners. Our investigation reveals how vulnerable customers are bombarded with calls, emails and letters encouraging them to take out expensive loans that can quickly wipe out a lifetime of mortgage payments. And … Read more
Chief Scout Bear Grylls said the movement he leads must learn from founder Lord Baden-Powell’s failings Chief Scout Bear Grylls said the movement he leads must learn from founder Lord Baden-Powell’s failings after his statue became a target for Black Lives Matter activists. Mr Grylls, 46, spoke out amid a row over whether or not … Read more
Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’ and officials are not learning lessons from incidents in which freed offenders go on to commit horrific crimes, damning new report warns Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russel says internal checks are not sufficient He says the Government is ‘not doing enough to learn from past mistakes’ System … Read more