The Independent – Starmer squares up to striking doctors: I won’t give 35% rise
Sir Keir Starmer has told The Independent: “We’re not going to pay 35 per cent, we’ve told them that upfront. They know that. “With negotiations, we need to find a way through it. But you know, to be absolutely blunt, we’re not going to 35 per cent; they know that and we are being clear about it from the outset.”
Starmer’s strongest warning yet to striking doctors: I won’t give 35 per cent rise
Sir Keir Starmer has warned striking junior doctors in his strongest words yet that he will not give them the 35 per cent pay rise they are demanding. Junior doctors are set to start their 11th walkout on Thursday morning in a bid to apply political pressure during the general election with a refusal to back down over their pay demands. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-junior-doctors-strike-nhs-pay-rise-b2569040.html]
Julian Assange ‘is no martyr’, Australian opposition leader says as Wikileaks founder returns home
Conservative Australian lawmakers have raised concerns about portraying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a hero after he returned home following years of incarceration in the UK. Mr Assange landed in Australia to an ecstatic welcome on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a single charge of violating the US Espionage Act. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/julian-assange-hero-australia-antony-albanese-b2569762.html]
David Tennant: Seller of trans rights clothing gobsmacked as sales soar after t-shirt worn by Doctor Who star
After David Tennant wore a trans rights t-shirt, sales of the clothing line soared, raising thousands of dollars to fund scholarships for young gender non-conforming people. The Doctor Who star’s wife Georgia posted an Instagram carousel of their family at a school Pride event. In the pictures, David Tennant wears a t-shirt with the words “you will have to go through me” in the colours of the trans flag. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/david-tennant-trans-rights-kemi-badenoch-b2569248.html]
Catch up on Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2 minute read.
Editorial 27 June 2024.
Last night’s BBC election debate dominates the Thursday front pages. The papers dig their heels into their camps with the left-leaning papers leading on the betting scandal engulfing the Conservative Party, whilst the right-leaning newspapers scrutinise Starmer’s plan – or lack of it – to deal with the small boats crossings.
Away from politics, various domestic stories are splattered across the papers, from the latest in the Holly Willougby trial to the news Phil Foden has briefly returned to the UK for the birth of his third child.
Many back pages pick up on Gareth Southgate’s comments asking fans to get behind the team following backlash over a few poor performances.