Unions say government proposals to cut training by a year and introduce apprenticeships could dilute skills What is the government’s NHS workforce plan? Plans to shorten medical training could dilute the calibre of doctors entering the NHS in England and damage the quality of care patients receive, doctors’ leaders have […]
President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness Joe Biden vowed the “fight was not over” on Friday after the US supreme court ruled against his landmark student debt forgiveness plan. “I think the court misinterpreted the constitution,” the president […]
France’s interior minister says that “significant reinforcements” have been sent to Marseille where more than 80 people have been arrested France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has said the coming hours “will be decisive” as violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop in a […]
Sunday night political programme will not return this year and plans for 2024 still uncertain Andrew Neil’s Sunday night political show has become the latest victim of cuts at Channel 4. The veteran broadcaster moved to the channel last year after his departure from GB News and received plaudits for […]
Police fire teargas at rioters as 6,000 march through Nanterre to protest against shooting of 17-year-old Violence has erupted for a third consecutive night in France as Emmanuel Macron struggles to contain mounting anger after the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy of north African descent during a traffic […]
NHS England could have 12,500 extra doctors and nurses a year by 2028 under the service’s first long-term workforce plan Thousands more doctors and nurses will be trained in England every year as part of a government push to plug the huge workforce gaps that plague almost all NHS services. […]
Sunak insists Rwanda is safe country to be sent to after court rules in favour of charities and 10 asylum seekers The bitter legal battle over the government’s flagship immigration policy is set to reach new heights after Downing Street insisted it would fight to overturn a ruling that sending […]
Unsafe buildings force thousands of children into temporary spaces or remote learning Pupils across England are being taught in church and village halls, temporary classrooms and remotely at home, as crumbling school buildings are ordered to shut because of to safety concerns, an investigation has revealed. In some cases, where […]
German man says he first contacted Scotland Yard about suspect Christian Brückner in 2008 The man who tipped off police about Christian Brückner, the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has said his initial approach to the Metropolitan police in the year after she disappeared was ignored and […]
Fees for accessing UK seabeds help boost profits to £443m while King Charles says some of surplus will go towards public good The crown estate has generated record profits of almost half a billion pounds from Britain’s offshore windfarms, as talks continue over how much of the windfall should be […]