13 h. ago Starmer should not consider his position, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood weighed in behind the PM after a bitter briefing war this week.

Society

37 h. ago Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targetsWes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...

Politics

52 h. ago Resident doctors' support for strikes fading as more report for work than in previous walkouts, health leaders say

A snapshot poll of trust chief executives by NHS Providers suggests the vast majority of planned care was able to go ahead as so few medics joined the industrial action.

Politics

58 h. ago We don’t want to be here, say striking doctors – as NHS sounds alarm over early flu spike

In the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, resident doctors are at the picket line again in disputes over pay

Events

58 h. ago Crippling resident doctors walkout set to send number of working days lost to strike action under Labour surging past 750,000 despite string of inflation

Analysis of official figures shows that between July 2024, when Labour won the election, and September this year, 684,000 working days were wiped out because of strikes.

Economics

59 h. ago ‘My colleagues are all going to Australia for better pay,’ says resident doctor on strike

A resident doctor on strike said many of his colleagues are leaving for Australia in search of better pay and job opportunities.

Events

59 h. ago Streeting says striking doctors ‘extremely irresponsible’ in angry phone

Health secretary unhappy as resident doctors in England have started a five-day strike todayThis is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult thingsBritain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July. Continue reading...

Events

60 h. ago Majority of doctors do NOT back strike action leaked poll reveals as Wes Streeting claims 'reckless' union 'has lost the plot'

The strike organised by the British Medical Association will now last until 7am on Wednesday. It marks the 13th time since 2023 that the group has taken industrial action.

Events

60 h. ago Moment Wes Streeting tears into 'extremely irresponsible' junior doctors who have gone on strike despite receiving 28.9% pay rise

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told LBC radio that the five-day resident doctors' strike in England is 'going to set us back' as he accused British Medical Association 'activists' of 'damaging' NHS recovery.

Events

61 h. ago Wes Streeting sees red as he clashes with striking doctor in LBC phone call

As medics gathered on picket lines this morning for the first day of strikes, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the doctors’ union was acting like a 'cartel'

Events

61 h. ago Anarchy in government as PM's 'nemesis' Wes Streeting celebrates Reeves' humiliating income tax U

Health Secretary Wes Streeting - seemingly emboldened by a botched Downing Street 'hit job' on his leadership ambitions this week - has publicly declared that he had not supported the move.

Politics

61 h. ago London NHS patients urged to continue coming forward for care during resident doctors' strikes

London NHS patients urged to continue coming forward for care during resident doctors' strikes  London Post

Events

61 h. ago Doctors holding patients to ransom by going on strike – Streeting

The Health Secretary said doctors were being ‘irresponsible’ in striking for five days in their dispute over pay and conditions.

Science

62 h. ago Thousands of NHS doctors begin strike over pay as leaders warn of 'staff cuts'

Resident doctors in England have begun a five-day walkout

Events

62 h. ago Resident doctors in Scotland balloted for strikes amid ongoing dispute over pay

A recent proposed pay increase of 4.25 per cent was said to have been the lowest in the UK .

Events

3 d. ago NHS may have to cut frontline staff and perform fewer operations and scans to cover the £240m cost of today's doctors' strike, health leaders warn

Thousands of resident doctors are due to walkout for five days from 7am today in a row over pay - despite pocketing rises worth 28.9 per cent over the past three years.

Events

3 d. ago NHS doctors go on strike as leaders warn industrial action could mean staff cuts

Some 77,000 resident doctors work in hospitals and community services, with thousands of them expected to strike for five days from Friday.

Events

3 d. ago NHS will be hit by winter chaos when doctors strike for 5 days from TODAY, health bosses warn

A FIVE-day doctors’ strike which starts today will trigger winter chaos in the NHS, health bosses warn.  Thousands of resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in the British Medical Association will down tools until Wednesday.  It is the third winter in a row of pay protests and a major blow to hopes of cutting waiting lists....

Events

3 d. ago Readers’ Letters: Don't expect SNP government to end tragedy of homeless dying on our streets

Action, not words, is the way to save homeless lives, says reader

Politics

3 d. ago Anas Sarwar would struggle to find the route to victory at Holyrood with a pair of binoculars

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the latest nonsense from Downing Street is another example of the Labour Government scuppering Sarwar.

Events