Nurses have said they will call off strike action later this month if the government discusses pay for this year – but ministers are standing by their...
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Junior doctors will go on strike for the second time ever in March – if they vote for industrial action in a ballot beginning next week. The British...
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) could accept a pay rise of around 10% to end its ongoing dispute with the government, its chief has said. The union had...
A term coined by Franklin D Roosevelt, “the first 100 days” has taken on a symbolic significance for political leaders as a benchmark to measure...
Sir Keir Starmer will promise to end “sticking plaster politics” when he delivers his first speech of the new year. The Labour leader will claim on...
Rishi Sunak has said he cannot raise public sector wages because doing so will fuel inflation. The government has warned of a “wage-price spiral”...
Rishi Sunak has pledged to boost the economy, cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings in the Channel in his first speech of 2023. Speaking in...
Rishi Sunak must recall parliament “immediately” so MPs can discuss the “NHS crisis”, a leading medical organisation has said. Writing...
Pupils in England will study maths up until the age of 18 under plans to be unveiled by Rishi Sunak. The prime minister will say there is a need to...
Rishi Sunak’s flagship policy to stop Albanian migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is unlikely to reduce overall illegal immigration...
The health secretary has blamed high cases of flu, COVID and fears about Strep A for the “massive pressure” the NHS faced over the festive period...
The government is doing “everything possible” to increase the number of hospital beds available, Downing Street has said, as winter pressures...
Winter crises are nothing new for the NHS, for which January is the toughest month. But this year’s could well be, NHS figures warn, the worst in its...
There is “not a bottomless pit of money” to be spent on increasing workers’ pay, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has warned the RMT union...
UK Border Force officers have joined patrols on French beaches for the first time in a bid to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Channel. The first joint...
Ian Blackford watched the election of his successor Stephen Flynn via zoom, surrounded by his closest allies. And by boxes. His imminent forced departure from...