Pensioners miss out on crucial healthcare due to spending cuts

But cash-strapped councils and local clinical commissioning groups are making funding assessments tougher with many chronically ill pensioners now paying for care. The number ­eligible for Con­tinual Healthcare (CHC) has fallen 32 percent from 15,963 in 2018-19 to 10,847 in 2022-23. And

Germany reneges on pledge to meet NATO spending target: report

Germany has reportedly reneged on its pledge to meet NATO’s defense spending target.  Citing government sources, Reuters and the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that a clause pledging for Germany to spend at least 2% of its gross domestic product annually on

Putin set to double Russia's defence spending to £80 billion

The Kremlin tyrant is expected to devote a third of his country’s public expenditure for 2023 to making weapons and running his military. Economists believe this will lead to cuts in spending on areas including schools, hospitals and roads. The figures –