Politics
Enraged NHS staff plan nationwide protests over 1% pay rise plan
Demonstrators have planned a socially-distanced protest outside Downing Street and in Manchester city centre on Sunday.
‘Shake off remaining Brexit ill will’, Lord Frost tells Brussels
"I hope they will shake off any remaining ill will towards us for leaving, and instead build a friendly relationship, between sovereign equals," he said.
Nigel Farage claims he is quitting politics ‘to fight Britain’s culture wars’
The ex-Ukip leader claimed he had "knocked on his last door".
Anti-lockdown Laurence Fox joins London mayoral race, bashing ‘nationhating’ Sadiq
In an intervention sure to win over Londoners, Fox accused "Sadiq Khan and his nationhating cronies" of wanting to "strip us of our history".
Food shortage fears spark plan to ease Brexit checks on EU imports
Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.
Furious public oppose 1% pay offer to nurses, poll reveals
A clear majority of Tory voters believe the pay proposition is too low, a new poll found.
Sunak’s Budget makes new nurses £300 poorer, Labour says
Party analysis indicates that the cumulative effect of an immediate council tax rise, an effective pay cut and a looming freeze to income tax thresholds will leave a newly qualified nurse with £307 less in their pocket by 2023.
Ex-minister says it’s ‘morally wrong’ to cut NHS pay as Tory rebellion brews
“For me, this is, from a moral perspective, the wrong time to be applying pay restraint," MP Dr Dan Poulter said.
One per cent pay rise half of what staff were promised, NHS trusts claim
NHS Providers is challenging the government over its defence of the recommendation for health workers to receive a one per cent increase, which Labour says is a “real-terms cut” to wages.