Confirmation of project follows other expensive revamps that have drawn ire after 1% NHS pay offer The government has earmarked more than £9m for creating a US-style “situation room” at Whitehall – the latest in a series of expensive refurbishments that have drawn criticism, given the 1% pay offer proposed […]
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Exclusive: former DfID secretary Mark Lowcock shocked by decision of Johnson’s government to cut aid Ministers have decided to “balance the books on the backs of the starving people of Yemen” in an act that will see tens of thousands die and damage the UK’s global influence, the head of […]
Five-year sentence in Iran is complete but lawyer says she will have to go to court to face new charges Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from house arrest in Iran on the completion of her five-year sentence, but the British-Iranian dual national will have to go to court to face […]
Queen, Charles, Camilla, William and Kate to pay tribute to the world’s healthcare workers in TV broadcast In an apparent attempt to grab attention before the airing of Prince Harry and Meghan’s tell-all interview, senior members of the royal family are to show a united front on Sunday and praise […]
Ministers considering ‘lighter touch’ regime to avoid disruption to supplies from bloc Ministers are preparing to relax post-Brexit plans for border checks on food and other imports from the European Union because of fears that they will further damage trade and could lead to severe shortages in UK supermarkets. The […]
Top Tories say Rishi Sunak will be forced to U-turn while 72% of people believe NHS wage proposal is too low The government is facing a backlash from a broad range of the public over the 1% pay rise offered to NHS workers in England in the wake of the […]
Respondents say their trust in both Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond dented by Holyrood inquiry Most Scots would vote to remain in the UK if an independence referendum were held tomorrow, a new poll has found. The survey of 1,015 Scots suggests that 46% would vote against Scottish independence, compared […]
Murder investigation launched into death of Wenjing Xu as family pays tribute to ‘a very gentle soul’ The family of a 16-year-old girl killed in south Wales have paid tribute to “a very gentle soul” as police launched a murder investigation. South Wales police named Wenjing Xu as the victim […]
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of spending on ‘vanity projects’ while pressing for 1% pay rise for NHS workers Downing Street has spent more than £2.6m on renovations to hold White House-style press briefings – prompting a call for Boris Johnson to “hang his head in shame” given the 1% pay […]
Nurses leaders set up industrial action fund as Tory MPs fear another U-turn by the government Ministers are on a collision course with millions of NHS staff as they insisted the country could not afford a more than 1% pay rise for health workers even as nurses leaders raised the […]