Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai requests Rishi Sunak meeting Dual Hong Kong and British citizen is awaiting trial on national security charges that could result in life sentence The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023
'Tories are responsible for strikes as they refuse to start proper negotiations' We urge Rishi Sunak to authorise constructive engagement to find common ground with these desperate workers. People rely on the NHS and he is failing to deliver Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023
NHS staff told to WORK HARDER as pay talks with Tories branded 'an insult' to nurses Health Secretary Steve Barclay was today accused of insulting NHS staff, who the Tories roundly hailed and applauded for their dedication at the height of Covid Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023
Keir Starmer tells Labour the party must set out winning vision for government The party leader was addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party in Westminster for the first time since the turn of the year. The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Major donors call on Rishi Sunak to reform political funding system Tory donor Alexander Temerko says ‘corrections’ are needed The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
Rishi Sunak plans to crack down on ‘go-slow’ protests used by Just Stop Oil PM aims to further restrict right to demonstrate by giving police powers to tackle fuel protesters’ latest tactic The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
How to tell when wild boar mean business Brief letters: Confronting boar in 1914 | Executives’ service levels | Sunak and Starmer | Royal republicans | Brief encounters The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
Health care staff in Northern Ireland to strike later this month after calls for cost of living pay rise Strike action will take place later this month and a number of dates in February Belfast Live · Jan 9, 2023
Westminster accounts: Which MPs earned the most from donations and second jobs? Theresa May rakes in £2.8m since 2019, figures show, with MPs earning £17m in total from second jobs The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Dominic Raab's department blows £320,000 on PR advisers The Ministry of Justice, which is led by the Deputy Prime Minister, has brought in marketing experts from outside Whitehall. The MOJ insisted it was ‘a contract for advertising prison officer jobs' Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023
NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions Talks described ‘bitterly disappointing’ – but health secretary will consider one-off payment The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
What does Sunak’s maths plan tell us? He is already exhausted and out of ideas The prime minister is running on fumes up dead-end lanes, writes Zoe Williams. Surely we should leave him to soak in his swimming pool and let someone else have a go at the job? The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
Ambulance strikes will go ahead on Wednesday after talks fall through with no deal Talks between unions and Health Secretary Steve Barclay lasted around an hour - with a source alleging that no one-off payment was offered from the Government Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Sunak pledges further powers to crack down on protesters causing ‘misery’ Rishi Sunak said: “We cannot and will not have protests conducted by a small minority disrupting the lives of the hard working majority.”
Daily Record · Jan 9, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon insists she has 'never' used private healthcare as pressure grows on Rishi Sunak The First Minister said she would not encourage wealthier Scots to rely on private healthcare providers as a way of freeing up NHS beds.
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Rishi Sunak warns MPs will have to justify donations amid new revelations Westminster Accounts is new database of MPs’ outside earnings and donations - but questions remain over where some of the money is coming from
Wales Online · Jan 9, 2023 Paramedics and nurses to walk out on strike again after talks collapse “The Government have missed yet another opportunity… We came here in good faith.”
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023 Rishi Sunak hints at one-off pay deal with nurses, but says it must be ‘affordable’ Rishi Sunak on Monday morning hailed talks with union leaders as a “good, positive sign” and did not rule out a one-off payment to nurses to end their strikes.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 9, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon responds to question on if she uses private healthcare NICOLA Sturgeon said that she has never used private healthcare during her press conference on the crisis facing the NHS.
Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023 NHS strikes will go ahead as talks end with no deal - despite hopes of one-off payment An 'angry' Unite rep blasted 'insulting' Health Secretary Steve Barclay for offering no deal after talks lasting an hour - despite Rishi Sunak and Downing Street hinting a cash offer could be on the table
The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023 The Tories were never sorry about Windrush: Suella Braverman is the proof The home secretary’s plan to ditch the recommendations of the Windrush review is shocking, but not surprising, says Labour MP Diane Abbott
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Healthcare at home model can help relieve NHS pressures, says Sunak The Prime Minister visited a health centre in Leeds which brings together specialist skills and equipment to reduce the need for hospital admissions.
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023 Watch: Rishi Sunak declines to say whether one-off payment to nurses is on the table Rishi Sunak said he was “happy to talk about pay” with unions as ministers held a series of meetings aimed at ending a wave of industrial unrest in the NHS and on the rail network. The Prime Minister did not deny suggestions the Government was considering a one-off payment to…
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Wealthy Britons should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Tory peer Ken Clarke ‘Better-off patients’ could be asked to make ‘modest contribution’, says former chancellor