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Negotiations with teachers begin and junior doctors also agree to formal talks following action this weekRishi Sunak is preparing to make fresh concessions to end months of debilitating public sector strikes, as negotiations with teachers began and jun…
MP Steve Brine accused of lobbying NHS and ministers on behalf of recruitment firm that employed himPolitics live – latest updatesThe Conservative MP who chairs the Commons health and social care committee is under investigation over allegations he lob…
The deal on offer is a major climbdown by the government, but only long after the writing was on the wallPolitics live – latest updatesThursday’s pay offer marks a significant victory for the thousands of NHS workers in England who have manned the pick…
Offer includes two one-off payments – 2% bonus and 4% Covid payment – plus pay rise of about 5%Health unions hailed a historic victory on Thursday, after Steve Barclay made a significant new pay offer aimed at ending NHS strikes in England, in a climbd…
Offer to unions involved in strikes in England expected to include one-off payment of up to 6% for this yearPolitics live – latest updatesThe health secretary, Steve Barclay, is expected to announce a formal pay offer to key unions involved in NHS stri…
Exclusive: Union decries failure to publish statistics as Labour claims ministers ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over attacksNHS staff have accused Steve Barclay of breaking a pledge to publish details of how many of them are abused and assaulted in…
Some advisers and civil servants speaking to the Guardian say an ‘anti-lockdown filter’ has been placed on eventsThe mass leaking of thousands of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages have laid bare in the starkest terms the extent of the divisions inside t…
Chair of health committee was said to have tried to persuade the NHS to hire anaesthetists through firm he worked forA senior Conservative MP has been urged to stand down as chair of parliament’s health select committee after a leak of text messages ex…
GMB, Unison and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy take up offer of talks after government concessionsThree health unions have agreed to call off strike action planned for next week and enter into pay talks with the health secretary, Steve Barclay, aft…
Exclusive: Several NHS organisations have asked unqualified medics to provide support during strikes later this monthUnqualified medical students are being urged to provide clinical support in English hospitals when tens of thousands of junior doctors …