34 h. ago Teachers and doctors to get 4% pay rises but strike threat looms

The Government has confirmed NHS staff and teachers in England will get above-inflation pay hikes but the British Medical Association is threatening strike action, while the National Education Union warned it could register a dispute

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39 h. ago Furious nurses vote whether to strike over lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

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39 h. ago Furious nurses vote whether to accept lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

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40 h. ago Doctors threaten fresh strike action over 'woeful' 4% pay boost

Despite ministers accepting a series of recommendations by public sector pay review bodies, trade union bosses put Labour on notice of a possible 'summer of discontent'.

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43 h. ago Labour faces mounting strike threat from doctors, nurses and teachers despite bumper pay hikes of up to 5% set to be unveiled TODAY

The Government is expected to accept recommendations from public sector pay review bodies, set to be unveiled today, that are much higher than budgeted for.

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61 h. ago Labour faces Whitehall strike threat as civil service union demands £18 per hour minimum wage, pay rises of at least 10%, and a shorter working week

Members of the PCS union, which represents workers across Whitehall, are also calling for a minimum London weighting of £5,000 per year.

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62 h. ago Nurse in trans doctor case demands clarity from union on single

The Royal College of Nursing reportedly wrote to an English health board claiming it was breaking the law with its changing room policy.

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67 h. ago Edinburgh University staff back strike action over £140m cuts and threat to jobs

In a ballot of University and College Union Scotland members at the university, 84% of those who voted backed strike action.

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves hints at winter fuel allowance shift saying she is 'listening' to mounting disquiet from Labour MPs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested she is considering the threshold at which the benefit is removed after the cut was seen as a factor in dire local election results.

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3 d. ago Keir's blank cheque for Brussels: PM faces grilling from MPs over how much Brits will pay the EU for his 'reset'

Keir Starmer is set to make a statement in the Commons after unveiling the long-awaited package alongside beaming EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen yesterday.

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5 d. ago Carers need a £2,000 a year pay hike to end 'national scandal', bombshell report says

A new report by the Fabian Society urges ministers to put £1.5billion aside to bring carer salaries in line with the NHS and end the recruitment crisis facing the sector

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5 d. ago UK politics live: EU demands for fishing rights ‘hold up’ Starmer’s post

UK’s lead negotiator says overnight talks going ‘down to the wire’ hours before Starmer set to unveil deal at London summit

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5 d. ago Trump Treasury secretary admits Americans will pay ‘some’ tariff price hikes

Treasury official says he spoke with Walmart leadership after chain was targeted by Trump’s angry diatribe

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7 d. ago Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t

The third week of a coronial inquest into the death of Cauchi and the six people he killed gave the fullest picture of his illness yetGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne point that has never been in dispute over the course of the coronial inquest into a mass stabbing in Sydney last year was that schizophrenic man Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he wielded a 30cm Ka-Bar knife, attacking 16 people and killing six.The expert psychiatric evidence was “clear and unanimous” about Cauchi, 40, being “floridly psychotic” on 13 April 2024, the senior counsel assisting, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, told the New South Wales coroner’s court in her opening remarks almost three weeks ago.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Scotland’s constitutional future under scrutiny as legal case for de

Three-day conference in Dunfermline to examine Scottish self-determination and publish legal opinion challenging UK constitutional stance

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9 d. ago Defiant Starmer swipes that critics of his 'island of strangers' immigration crackdown are 'talking rubbish' as Labour backlash mounts... despite poll suggesting Brits agree

Keir Starmer gave short shrift to a rebuke over the his policy shift as he took PMQs this lunchtime.

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9 d. ago Starmer warned he faces 'mother of all rebellions' as Labour unrest mounts on immigration and benefits

Keir Starmer is braced for a stormy PMQs session as his MPs openly demand he shifts position on the crucial policies.

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1 week ago Scots nurse suspended over row with trans doctor welcomes Supreme Court ruling on definition of woman

Sandie Peggie issued a statement via her solicitor stating she was "determined" to continue her legal claim against NHS Fife.

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1 week ago British soldiers will be sent to fight Russia alongside EU troops under a landmark new pact

Laked documents revealed that the UK and EU are set to unveil a defence agreement next week, bringing Britain into the deepest military alignment with the EU since its historic 2020 departure.

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1 week ago Nursing chief warns of 'escalation' unless Labour bows to demands for bumper pay hikes

Royal College of Nursing chief Nicola Ranger will accuse ministers of 'insulting' the profession by delaying a formal offer.

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