RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail; Wales strikes to go ahead – as it happened | Politics

RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail; Wales strikes to go ahead – as it happened | Politics

RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary, Pat Cullen, said the health secretary, Steve Barclay, refused to discuss pay... Read more »
Shadow health secretary claims government not negotiating with nurses to make them ‘scapegoat’ for wider NHS failings – live | Politics

Shadow health secretary claims government not negotiating with nurses to make them ‘scapegoat’ for wider NHS failings – live | Politics

Streeting claims ministers not stopping health strikes because they expect ‘patients to suffer this winter’ anyway MPs are currently debating a Labour motion on the NHS workforce. Wes Streeting, the shadow health... Read more »
Airport bosses urge Government to increase Stansted Express services

Airport bosses urge Government to increase Stansted Express services

Stansted Airport bosses are pressing the Government to double Stansted Express rail services. Currently, Greater Anglia runs a train every 30 minutes, seven days a week – compared to the timetable of... Read more »
Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury urges Government to do more to combat climate crisis

Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury urges Government to do more to combat climate crisis

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Government to insulate more homes and take “a more edgy role internationally” to tackle the climate crisis. Dr Rowan Williams made the remarks ahead... Read more »
Bishop of London joins calls for Government to publish Health Disparities White Paper

Bishop of London joins calls for Government to publish Health Disparities White Paper

On Monday 10th October, the Health Inequalities Action Group (HIAG), a multi-faith initiative led by the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, to explore London’s health inequalities and how faith groups can and... Read more »
‘Bad smell’: Mick Lynch criticises Liz Truss government as rail workers strike | Rail strikes

‘Bad smell’: Mick Lynch criticises Liz Truss government as rail workers strike | Rail strikes

Union chief Mick Lynch has compared Liz Truss’s government to a “bad smell” as more than 40,000 RMT members joined a national rail strike on Saturday. Speaking at a picket line outside... Read more »
Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal | Local government

Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal | Local government

A town hall leader bidding to become an MP has accepted close to £10,000 worth of free Premier League tickets from a Los Angeles movie company after his council approved plans for... Read more »
UK government lifts fracking ban despite opposition

UK government lifts fracking ban despite opposition

LONDON — The U.K. government confirmed Thursday that it’s lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.... Read more »
Thames Chase forests to get part of £44m government fund

Thames Chase forests to get part of £44m government fund

Published: 12:00 PM August 8, 2022 Woodland in east London will benefit from mass plantations as part of an investment to adapt to a warmer world.   Thames Chase is among 13 community forests to... Read more »
Prince Harry allowed to sue U.K. government over security plan

Prince Harry allowed to sue U.K. government over security plan

Prince Harry can take the British government to court over his security arrangements in the U.K., a judge in London ruled Friday. Harry and his wife Meghan lost publicly funded U.K. police... Read more »