The cost of the junior doctors’ strike to NHS England will be more than awarding them the 35% pay rise they are demanding. The revelation comes as junior doctors begin their latest round of industrial with a four day walkout from 7am on Friday to 7am on Tuesday. Meanwhile, official figures released by the government […]
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The government is turning to the private sector to cut record waiting lists in the biggest expansion of private capital in the NHS since Tony Blair’s New Labour government. NHS England will be able to perform almost 750,000 more checks and tests through 13 new “one-stop-shop” diagnostic centres – more than half of which will […]
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Oh the irony of the UK prime minister’s house being scaled by Greenpeace activists on the same day Rishi Sunak’s government launched the National Risk Registry. It’s broad and diverse detailing what the government believes are the most serious risks facing the UK including threats to lives, health, society, critical infrastructure, economy and sovereignty. Among the 89 […]
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Rishi Sunak’s government has notched up another Brexit climbdown after caving in to industry fears and U-turning on plans to replace the EU’s “CE” product quality mark with a British rival. The proposed “UKCA” copycat mark has been indefinitely postponed with a government minister conceding the decision was made to reduce “red tape” for businesses […]
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A leaked government report has put the multi-billion HS2 project into fresh doubt. The official watchdog for the high-speed railway – the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) – has warned the “successful delivery” of the project “appears to be unachievable”, according to a report by the Telegraph. Construction journal Building reported earlier this week that […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has called Labour’s historic byelection result a “cry for change” while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey exclaimed “it’s time for a general election” following his party’s triumph in Somerset, adding: “It’s time to get these clowns out of No 10!” It was undoubtedly a bad set of results for Rishi Sunak’s […]
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The polls for the triple by-election opened early this morning. Voters are electing new MPs to replace disgraced former PM Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Nigel Adams in Selby and Ainsty, and David Warburton in Somerton and Frome. The Labour Party is confident of winning Johnson’s seat but anticipates a tight battle in Selby […]
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Ben Wallace has announced he is quitting politics at the next general election and will step down as defence secretary in the next cabinet reshuffle. Wallace is reported to have had a bust-up with Suella Braverman after the home secretary asked for soldiers to cover for Border Force staff who are striking over pay. The […]
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A senior doctor has warned that ongoing NHS strikes are setting the health service up for a “terrifying” winter with a severe flu outbreak forecast and record waiting lists creating a “terrible cocktail” for patients and staff. President of the Society for Acute Medicine Dr Tim Cookley criticised the government’s “intransigence” for refusing to negotiate […]
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The UK government’s response to tackling the threat posed by China “has been completely inadequate,” a blistering report by one of parliament’s most senior committees has found. China is “prolifically and aggressively” targeting the UK’s interests using a “‘whole of state’ approach” ranging from universities to nuclear power, the report by parliament’s intelligence and security […]
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