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Ipsos poll also shows strong public support for founding principles of universal healthcare based on taxationJust 10% of Britons think ministers have the right policies on the NHS, though public support for the service’s founding principles remains str…
Strikes must be called off for talks to start, says No 10, as ministers given more freedom to talk to unionsMinisters have been given the freedom to talk to unions about pay settlements that could include backdated or one-off payments as ways to end th…
Union hits out after it was excluded from talks between health secretary and Royal College of NursingThe health union Unison has announced new strike action and warned there could be no “pick and mix solution” to the NHS dispute, after it was excluded …
Health secretary, Steve Barclay, to take part in talks on pay, conditions and ‘productivity-enhancing reforms’Nurses in England have agreed to pause major strike action while they hold “intensive talks” with the government in an attempt to reach a sett…
Pat Cullen says prime minister must step in if 48-hour strike across 120 hospitals is to be avertedThe prime minister has been urged to step in to avert fresh strike action by nurses that is likely to have a “significant impact” on NHS services in Engl…
Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPEA lifestyle company won a £25.8m government contract for PPE through the so-called VIP lane after the new Conservative chair, Greg H…
Union leader Mick Lynch says offer from Network Rail and train operators would mean real-terms pay cutMick Lynch has said the RMT will ballot members again “soon” for future railway strikes, after the union rejected a pay offer on Friday.The union, whi…
Doctors, paramedics and nurses explain the stress and anxiety of working in a system that has reached breaking point“Frustration with the system was why I went off in the end,” said Conor Calby, 26, a paramedic and Unison rep in southwest England, who …
Conservatives on course to break flagship NHS pledge as cost of replacing crumbling wards and operating theatres soarsOnly a quarter of the 40 hospital construction projects that were at the heart of Boris Johnson’s 2019 general election manifesto have…
Tories blamed for creating economic ‘doom loop’ that fails to recognise negative impact of spending cutsThe failure of successive Conservative governments to recognise the negative impact of public spending cuts on the wider economy has meant Britain m…