Politics
NHS leader urges Acas intervention to avert ‘catastrophic’ junior doctor strikes
NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor has urged the Government and unions to call in the Acas conciliation agency.
Labour to launch more attacks on Sunak despite adverts backlash
Emily Thornberry continued to defend the initial advert accusing the Prime Minister of not wanting child sex abusers to go to jail.
Teachers want Ofsted’s ‘reign of terror’ abolished, NASUWT says
A motion at the NASUWT teachers conference called for the inspection system to be abolished in its ‘current form’.
Research finds UK is far from a ‘racially just society’
The research found more than one in three people from minority backgrounds have experienced racially motivated physical or verbal abuse.
Voters want more compassionate politicians, survey suggests
There has been unease on the Labour frontbench about the attacks on Rishi Sunak over the Conservative Government’s track record on crime.
Emergency care to be prioritised during junior doctors’ strike, says NHS England
England’s top doctor has warned that the walkouts are set to be ‘the most disruptive industrial action in NHS history’.
Sunak hails bravery of Good Friday Agreement leaders and urges Stormont’s return
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will host United States President Joe Biden in Northern Ireland to commemorate the event.
BBC objects to “government funded media” label on Twitter
Elon Musk described the BBC as “among the least biased” after the broadcaster objected to being labelled as “government-funded media”
Douglas Ross backtracks on suggestion Tories could vote Labour to oust SNP
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has backtracked on comments he made suggesting Conservative voters could back Labour at the next election.