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MoD under fire over bonuses
Bonus row hits defence bureaucrats

By Alex Stevenson Civil servants’ bonuses in the Ministry of Defence have been condemned by bereaved military families as “obscene”. Civilian staff within the MoD have already received £47 million so far this financial year. Last year they received £52 million in bonuses. Relatives of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan expressed anger at the… Read more »

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Nurses will be trained to degree-level by 2013
New nurses will need degrees by 2013

By politics.co.uk staff All National Health Service nurses will be required to complete a degree before beginning work within four years, the Department of Health (DoH) has announced. The major reform to the NHS has been introduced in a bid to improve the standard of practice provided by Britain’s 400,000 nurses. The transition from the… Read more »