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Wes Streeting: I won’t give in to doctors’ unions over NHS pay There is no original title provided to identify any biased words or phrases. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailWes Streeting has vowed he will be “a shop steward for patients” as health secretary, with a warning to striking doctors that he will not meet their huge pay demands of 35 percent.With an election on 4 July, Mr Streeting has attempted to outline what sort of health secretary he would be if Labour, as…

General election: Tories pledge to bring in mandatory national service for 18-year-olds The Conservative party would bring back mandatory national service for young adults if they win the general election. Plans are currently being drawn up for 18-year-olds to either join the military full-time or volunteer one weekend every month carrying out community service. Aimed for the first teenagers to take part in September 2025, Rishi Sunak is said to believe compulsory service would help foster the “national spirit” that emerged during the pandemic. The prime minister said: “This is a great country but generations of young people have not…

David Nicholls warns readers against trying to visit novel’s locations There is no bias in the original title provided. Bestselling writer says Lake District sites in new book You Are Here are ‘genuinely all made up’ David Nicholls has warned his fans not to attempt to visit the locations in his new novel. While those who loved the hit Netflix adaptation of Nicholls’ novel One Day have been able to visit locations from the series, such as the Lewisham pizza joint Bella Roma or Charlton Lido, the locations in You Are Here “are genuinely all made up”, the author said.…

General election latest news: Streeting warns ‘NHS is not envy of the world’ as Starmer to lower voting age to 16 Labour Party ‘leaks Rishi Sunak’s campaign diary’ in new ad attacking gaffes Wes Streeting has warned striking doctors that he will not meet their huge pay demands, and has vowed he will be “a shop steward for patients” as health secretary. In an exclusive interview with the Independent, he spoke of his plan to tackle of record waiting lists and the ongoing pay disputes, stating: “The NHS is not the envy of the world.” Sir Keir Starmer has sought…

Belfast’s sectarian murals up close and less personal – in pictures Before, during and after the 1998 Good Friday agreement, Gareth McConnell went around Belfast photographing the sectarian murals that characterise the city’s streetscapes. “The murals are everywhere, and they’re huge,” says the Northern Irish photographer and publisher. “For years now, taxi drivers have been taking people on tours of them.” McConnell photographed murals from both sides of the conflict, but focused on such small details that they are not identifiable. “I wanted to explore the language of form and colour,” he says. “Abstraction as a means of accessing a…

Spitfire aircraft crashes in field during Battle of Britain event A Spitfire plane has crashed nto a field in Coningsby, Lincolnshire during an event to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene at just before 1.20pm on Saturday. It is believed to be a single occupant aircraft and nobody else is thought to have been involved, Lincolnshire Police said. Motorists have been urged to avoid the area with road closures in place in the areas of Dogdyke Road and Sandy Bank. A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: ‘Emergency services are in attendance following reports…

Record 10,170 people arrive in UK via small-boat Channel crossings this year Provisional official figures deal blow to Rishi Sunak’s claim that threat of Rwanda deportation is a deterrent A record 10,170 people have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel in small boats, according to government data. The provisional figure beats the previous record of 9,326 who crossed to the UK by this time in 2017. The comparable figure for last year was 7,326. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/record-10170-people-arrive-in-uk-via-small-boat-channel-crossings-this-year

Minister denies Rishi Sunak taking a day off amid record-breaking exodus of Tory MPs – UK politics live Three sources told the Guardian the PM is taking the unusual step of a day away from public events The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will visit Wishaw in North Lanarkshire following the official launch of the party’s campaign on Friday. He says: This chaotic and dysfunctional Tory government has let down Scots and put their own party interest ahead of the national interest – but the same is true of the SNP. This is a pivotal moment for Scotland and a…

General election latest news: Michael Gove joins MPs’ exodus as Sunak hopes for Boris Johnson on campaign Cabinet minister Michael Gove has become the latest Conservative MP to stand down at the election, joining another 77 Tories doing so. The levelling up and housing secretary, who once aspired to become Tory party leader, said: “There comes a moment when you know it’s time to leave. That a new generation should lead.” Rishi Sunak has confirmed he would welcome former prime minister Boris Johnson to join the Tory campaign and could make an appearance ahead of the general election on 4…

Christina Robinson: Mother who beat her toddler with bamboo cane before shaking him to death jailed for murder A mother who beat her three-year-old son with a bamboo cane and immersed him in scalding water before shaking him to death has been jailed for his murder. Christina Robinson, 30, exposed her boy Dwelaniyah to a “campaign of violence and cruelty” and excruciating pain over several weeks before she shook him to death at the family home in Bracken Court, Ushaw Moor, Durham, in November 2022. A trial at Newcastle Crown Court heard Robinson, a member of the Black Hebrew Israelite…