The Independent – Patient care warning as PM sticks to Plan B
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Patient care warning as PM sticks to Plan B
The Independent leads with the PM sticking to plan B amid warnings from health leaders that patient care could come under threat after the PM insisted England can “ride out” Omicron without new restrictions.
Today's Headlines
The Independent – Tory mayor’s swipe at Sunak: they’ll vote for me – not for you
Front page summary The Independent – Tory mayor’s swipe at Sunak: they’ll vote for me – not for you The Independent says Exclusive: Tees Valley mayor’s extraordinary broadside against his own party as Tories brace for drubbing in local elections – and MPs plot no-confidence vote in event of Labour landslide. In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Lord Houchen warned that his potential defeat in this week’s local elections should be “a wake-up call”
The Independent – Rwanda flight farce: Tories hunt for 3,500 missing migrants
Front page summary The Independent – Rwanda flight farce: Tories hunt for 3,500 missing migrants The Independent says Rishi Sunak is facing accusations his flagship Rwanda policy has become a “farce” after ministers promised to find thousands of missing asylum seekers earmarked for deportation. Police raids could be among a range of measures used to locate them, health secretary Victoria Atkins suggested. Elsewhere, a still image from a doorbell camera shows the moment the East
The Independent – SNP leader jumps before he’s pushed
Front page summary The Independent – SNP leader jumps before he’s pushed The Independent says Humza Yousaf had been facing no-confidence votes at Holyrood – but on Monday announced instead that he would be stepping down as First Minister. The SNP is beginning the search for a new leader after a day of drama in Scottish politics saw Humza Yousaf announce his resignation as the country’s First Minister. Facing two votes of no confidence at
The Independent – Why are women still forced to sleep next to men in hospitals?
Front page summary The Independent – Why are women still forced to sleep next to men in hospitals? The Independent leads on its own investigation. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said patients were left feeling humiliated and at risk, adding: ‘The use of mixed sex wards has gone through the roof under the Tories’ The use of mixed-sex wards has gone “through the roof” after the number of men and women being put in beds
The Independent – Macron savages Sunak’s cynical Rwanda policy
Front page summary The Independent – Macron savages Sunak’s cynical Rwanda policy The Independent says Home secretary James Cleverly hit out at ‘distasteful’ and ‘lazy’ criticism of policy, but insisted he was not talking about French leader’s remarks. French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced Rishi Sunak’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as the politics of “cynicism” and a betrayal of European values. Macron also warned it would be “ineffective”, just days after the
The Independent – Sabre-rattling Sunak: EU must spend more on Nato to fight Putin
Front page summary The Independent – Sabre-rattling Sunak: EU must spend more on Nato to fight Putin The Independent says Rishi Sunak has challenged Britain’s European allies to meet his £75bn pledge to increase defence spending as US President Joe Biden signed a $61bn package of aid for Ukraine. The prime minister warned the world is “more dangerous now than at any moment since the Cold War” and faces “an axis of authoritarian states”. Elsewhere