
NHS bosses have made an “unprecedented” plea for government action on rising energy prices as Britain faces a “public health emergency.”
The NHS Confederation, which brings together employers from across the NHS, wrote to ministers today, warning that surging costs mean people will have to choose between skipping meals to heat their homes or living in cold and damp conditions this winter.
Health leaders said they are worried that widespread fuel poverty will increase the high number of annual deaths associated with cold homes — estimated at 10,000 — and add pressure on already “fragile” services.

For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE

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