Category: UK Politics

Doctors up for longer hours for more overtime pay, says Keir Starmer

Doctors up for longer hours for more overtime pay, says Keir Starmer This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler Political reporter in Liverpool Doctors and nurses will volunteer for weekend work to bring down waiting lists if they are paid more… Continue reading Doctors up for longer hours for more overtime pay, says Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pledges 2m extra NHS appointments a year

Keir Starmer pledges 2m extra NHS appointments a year PA Media By Chas Geiger BBC Politics, in Liverpool A Labour government would cut NHS waiting lists in England by funding two million more hospital appointments a year, Sir Keir Starmer has said. On the eve of the party’s conference in Liverpool, he said that £1.1bn… Continue reading Keir Starmer pledges 2m extra NHS appointments a year

Chris Mason: Thunderbolt by-election transforms political weather

Chris Mason: Thunderbolt by-election transforms political weather Getty Images By Chris Mason Political editor This result transforms the Scottish political weather – and in so doing changes the forecasts some will make about the next general election. Yes, there are limits to what can be read into any one by election; Labour’s 17,845 votes in… Continue reading Chris Mason: Thunderbolt by-election transforms political weather

Rishi Sunak defends his plan to ban smoking for younger generation

Rishi Sunak defends his plan to ban smoking for younger generation Reuters By James Gregory BBC News Plans to phase out the sale of cigarettes in England will be the “biggest public health intervention in a generation”, Rishi Sunak has said. The PM told the BBC there was “no safe level of smoking” when asked… Continue reading Rishi Sunak defends his plan to ban smoking for younger generation

The facts have changed, says Rishi Sunak, as he scraps HS2 leg

The facts have changed, says Rishi Sunak, as he scraps HS2 leg This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Henry Zeffman & Kate Whannel Chief political correspondent and political reporter, BBC News in Manchester “The facts have changed,” the PM has said, as… Continue reading The facts have changed, says Rishi Sunak, as he scraps HS2 leg

Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM

Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM Getty Images By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them, the prime minister says. Rishi Sunak said MPs were… Continue reading Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM

Migration hurricane is coming, Suella Braverman tells Tories

Migration hurricane is coming, Suella Braverman tells Tories Reuters By Paul Seddon Politics reporter Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said a “hurricane” of migration is coming to the UK, in a hard-hitting Tory conference speech. In an address to party activists, she said moving to a richer country had become an “entirely realistic prospect” for… Continue reading Migration hurricane is coming, Suella Braverman tells Tories

Don’t give up on HS2, Tory mayor Andy Street urges Rishi Sunak

Don’t give up on HS2, Tory mayor Andy Street urges Rishi Sunak This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, in Manchester West Midlands Tory mayor Andy Street has said Rishi Sunak would be “cancelling the future” if he “gives… Continue reading Don’t give up on HS2, Tory mayor Andy Street urges Rishi Sunak