Peter Sivey receives funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will ...

NHS England, the administrative body that runs the national health service, will be abolished in a bid to slash red tape, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The prime minister said he was axing the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed plans to abolish the "arm's-length body" NHS England. But what is the quango - and why is the prime minister scrapping it? What is NHS England and how does it work?

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday announced plans to abolish NHS England, the arms-length executive body that makes decisions about the day-to-day operation of the NHS. He said during a speech in Hull ...

NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government. The government has described NHS England as the “world’s ...

radically transforming the economy and the management practices used to support gig work. One major change introduced by these platforms is their reliance on customer ratings to assess worker ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The ‘choice’ perfectly encapsulates the irony of gig work. While one could argue that gig work offers flexibility — something that has attracted many young and middle-aged individuals who ...

The NHS logo. Picture: Alamy Sir Keir made the announcement as he set out his government's plans to slash government red-tape and bureaucracy, using tech and AI to cut down the "overcautious and ...

NHS England will be abolished with the loss of 9,000 jobs to divert more money to frontline services and bring management “back into democratic control”. Sir Keir Starmer said an “arms ...

Jack Black is returning to Studio 8H for the first time in 20 years to host “Saturday Night Live." In the promo, it looks like he might be taking the role a little too seriously with next-level ...

Dana, a 29-year-old nurse in St. Louis, checks her phone to see if the gig nursing app CareRev still has her scheduled at the local hospital. She’s already arranged child care for her son ...