Andy Burnham

The public will be able to see their GP seven days a week and out of office hours under new proposals set out by the Prime Minister for a first wave of GP groups offering extended opening hours across the country.

The government claims the move will make it easier for people see their family doctor from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week and will help thousands who struggle to find GP...

500 delegates from Britain's thrid largest trade union are attending the GMB Congress 2013 at Plymouth Pavilions this week.

The elected delegates are representing over 620,000 GMB members from all parts of the UK and Ireland and from every sector.

The Congress, which is the union's supreme policy making body, began on Sunday (2 June) and lasts until Thursday (6 June). Delegates...