35 h. ago Labour’s poll ratings have plummeted – so is Starmer’s future in question?

Dissatisfaction among MPs has created a febrile mood, with ambitious cabinet ministers assessing their optionsA lesson in comms for any prime minister: when asked whether you will serve another term, try to express some enthusiasm at the prospect.When at the end of his first term, David Cameron breezily told a reporter he would not serve a third, he inadvertently fired the starting gun for leadership jostling between his potential successors. Keir Starmer fell into the same trap this month when he was asked whether he would fight the next election. “You’re getting way ahead of me,” he said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Militant resident doctors launch strike ballot over NHS pay and call for walkouts... firing the starting gun on a Labour 'summer of discontent'

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears other public sector workers could follow.

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5 d. ago Resident doctors fire the starting gun on a Labour summer of discontent by launching a strike ballot over NHS pay

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears nurses, teachers and other public sector workers could follow.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Pictured: Stunning redevelopment of Crystal Palace pool and sports centre as starting gun fired

Mayor Sadiq Khan says developers should cross finish line in 2028

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2 w. ago The Optimist by Keach Hagey review – inside the mind of the man who brought us ChatGPT

Sam Altman’s extraordinary career – and personal life – under the microscopeOn 30 November 2022, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted the following, characteristically reserving the use of capital letters for his product’s name: “today we launched ChatGPT. try talking with it here: chat.openai.com”. In a reply to himself immediately below, he added: “language interfaces are going to be a big deal, i think”.If Altman was aiming for understatement, he succeeded. ChatGPT became the fastest web service to hit 1 million users, but more than that, it fired the starting gun on the AI wars currently consuming big tech. Everything is about to change beyond recognition, we keep being told, though no one can agree on whether that will be for good or ill. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nurses set to strike this summer if government continues to 'insult this profession'

The Labour Government faces a 'summer of discontent' as the boss of the Royal College of Nursing union will tell ministers nurses need a 'a significant pay rise'

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