Calls for talks to end junior doctors’ strikes PA Media By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Doctors’ leaders and ministers are being urged to start formal pay talks after a breakthrough on a deal with other NHS staff in England. Unions for NHS staff, including nurses and ambulance workers, recommended on Thursday their members back a… Continue reading Calls for talks to end junior doctors’ strikes
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TikTok to be banned on UK government phones
TikTok to be banned on UK government phones Reuters Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is set to be banned on phones and other devices used by government ministers and civil servants on security grounds. Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will make a statement to MPs later. There has been no official comment – but Security… Continue reading TikTok to be banned on UK government phones
Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt seeks to tempt parents and over-50s back to work
Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt seeks to tempt parents and over-50s back to work This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler BBC News Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out plans to get early retirees and parents of young children back to work… Continue reading Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt seeks to tempt parents and over-50s back to work
Budget: Jeremy Hunt to expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds
Budget: Jeremy Hunt to expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds Getty Images By Ione Wells & Faisal Islam & Becky Morton BBC News Free childcare for working parents in England is expected to be expanded in Wednesday’s Budget to cover one and two-year-olds. Currently, working parents with three and four-year-olds are eligible for 30… Continue reading Budget: Jeremy Hunt to expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds
OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4
OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4 Getty Images By Ben Derico and Zoe Kleinman BBC News OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images – providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It… Continue reading OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4
Budget: Pensions to get boost as tax-free limit to rise
Budget: Pensions to get boost as tax-free limit to rise PA Media By Nick Eardley and Kevin Peachey BBC News The total amount that workers can accumulate in their pension savings before paying extra tax is expected to be increased in Wednesday’s Budget. The final figure has not been confirmed, but people are expected to… Continue reading Budget: Pensions to get boost as tax-free limit to rise
Baroness Masham, Paralympian and longest serving female peer, dies aged 87
Baroness Masham, Paralympian and longest serving female peer, dies aged 87 UK Parliament By Christy Cooney BBC News Baroness Masham, a Paralympian and the longest-serving female member of the House of Lords ever, has died aged 87. Lady Masham won medals in swimming and table tennis at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 games and was… Continue reading Baroness Masham, Paralympian and longest serving female peer, dies aged 87
Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons learned from failed ‘tech bank’
Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons learned from failed ‘tech bank’ Ben Peter Catchpole By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Uncertainty, panic and urgency are three words I heard rather a lot on Monday morning. I have been talking to some of the UK-based tech firms which had accounts with Silicon Valley Bank, the bank that failed rather… Continue reading Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons learned from failed ‘tech bank’
Rishi Sunak announces £5bn extra defence spending during US trip
Rishi Sunak announces £5bn extra defence spending during US trip Getty Images By Paul Seddon & Chris Mason BBC News Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase defence spending by nearly £5bn over the next two years to counter emerging threats from hostile states. The funding boost will be confirmed in a new UK foreign and… Continue reading Rishi Sunak announces £5bn extra defence spending during US trip
Kuenssberg: The Budget cannot mask big changes to our economy
Kuenssberg: The Budget cannot mask big changes to our economy BBC/Reuters By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg In normal times (remember them?) there would be a frenzy this weekend about what’s coming up in next week’s Budget. If it feels a bit muted so far, that isn’t just because of a bit of… Continue reading Kuenssberg: The Budget cannot mask big changes to our economy