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Nurses threaten strike over ‘paltry’ 1% pay rise as union sets up £35m fund
The Royal College of Nurses made the decision amid growing anger over the pay of health staff who have been under unprecedented pressure during the coronavirus crisis.
Reactions as Ian Brown pulls out of festival because attendees may need vaccination proof
'Change the venue to Icke Island?'
Angry reactions to 1% NHS pay rise as #Toryscum trends on Twitter
"It seems that it's always the wrong time to give NHS workers a pay rise but never a problem giving your mates a bung."
1% NHS pay rise slammed as ‘paltry insult’ but Government defends recommendation
“callous and an enormous slap in the face” for workers.
Asylum seeker with leukaemia living at scandal-hit Barracks as Covid spread through site
“For the Government to blame asylum seekers for the Covid outbreak in the Napier barracks, while having full knowledge that it was impossible to social distance seems cruel and unfair."
‘Grim warning to Boris Johnson’ as support for Welsh Independence at highest ever level
"This is a grim warning to Boris Johnson that his cavalier hostility to Wales’ democratic rights and parliament risks tearing the UK apart."
Watch – Presenter wants Harry, Meghan & Archie to lose UK citizenship
"And you can't take little Archie with you as well, he can't be a British citizen either."
PR company founder resigns after ‘blacks, gays or Catholics’ post
“There can be no excuses for the language he used or provocation exercised..."
More white people arrested for terrorism than any other ethnic group for third straight year
“The proportion of white people arrested exceeded the proportion of Asian people arrested for the third consecutive year,” according to a Home Office document.