#government-inaction tag

fromwww.theguardian.com

NHS medical negligence persisting in England despite 24 years of warnings'

Medical negligence in the NHS keeps harming and killing patients because governments and health service bosses have not acted on 24 years' worth of warnings, MPs have said. In a scathing report published on Friday, the public accounts committee (PAC) excoriates the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England for allowing the cost of mistakes to balloon to 3.6bn a year.

Public health

Privacy technologies

fromTheregister

1 month ago

UK government criticized as phone thefts spiral unchecked

MPs accuse the UK government and tech companies of inaction over rising mobile phone thefts, delaying a crucial summit and failing to implement deterrent technologies.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

I can't breathe in this city': inaction over Delhi's suffocating pollution sparks rare protest

Delhi is not a livable city any more, it's a death trap, said Radhika Aggarwal, 33, an engineer who joined the protest on Sunday. As I stand here, I'm breathing air that I know is killing me. But we see nothing but a failure by the government to do anything to stop this and clean up the pollution. No policies, no real action. So I'm here to fight for my city.

Environment

Running

fromIndependent

4 months ago

Pat Spillane: We often see ourselves as a small nation punching above our weight - but we're punching below in too many areas

No one in Government is doing much about it; no one is shouting stop.

Miscellaneous

fromIrish Independent

6 months ago

Michael O'Leary blasts Government's 'smoke and mirrors' infrastructure plans while growth capped at Dublin Airport

Ryanair's CEO criticized government inaction over Dublin Airport's passenger cap amid a sharp profit rise to €820m in Q1 of fiscal 2026.

History

fromIndependent

8 months ago

'My hope is that every one of them will be found': Catherine Corless on the excavation of the Tuam mother and baby home site which is set to begin in the coming weeks

Excavation is finally set to begin in Tuam after over a decade of government inaction regarding infant bodies found at a former mother and baby home.