Asking prices fall as UK housing market hit by budget speculation, Rightmove says 17. November 2025 (01:01) November drop of 1.8% is biggest for this time of year since 2012, with chancellor’s plans loomingBudget speculation has depressed the UK property market, figures from a leading property website have suggested, with asking prices slipping in the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s much anticipated fiscal set piece on 26 November.The average new seller asking price fell by 1.8%, or £6,589, month on month in November, the figures collated by the property website Rightmove set out, taking the average price tag on a British home put up for sale to £364,833. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union 17. November 2025 (01:01) Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEONurses across the UK are working while unwell in understaffed hospitals, with stress as the leading cause of illness, according to research.A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017. Continue reading...(The Guardian)