Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay. The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the … Read more
Suspension of intelligence cooperation in Caribbean is unusual move and there is potential for political fallout It is an intelligence relationship that predates even the Five Eyes: the UKUSA alliance that began, naturally enough, in secret in 1946. But this week the strain of trying to be the closest security ally to a freewheeling White … Read more
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles The withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to … Read more
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’ Downing Street has warned Labour MPs it expects them to back radical plans to make the UK less attractive to migrants and refugees, as some backbenchers said they expected fierce resistance to proposals that one called “economically and culturally illiterate”. The home … Read more
Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong? If there’s one thing the Labour party can agree on this week, it is that efforts by Keir Starmer’s allies to shore up his position backfired spectacularly. By briefing journalists that he would face … Read more
Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind There were always two camps in the internal government debate over what to do at this month’s budget, one of the most consequential in recent history. One set of advisers believed that given the scale of … Read more
The BMA and Wes Streeting are poles apart, with the union committed to full pay restoration and the health secretary adamant there is no money for that As resident doctors began a new round of industrial action on Friday, it felt very like the other 49 days of strikes since March 2023, with medics in … Read more
Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up Rachel Reeves will raise £7.5bn from millions of workers by freezing tax thresholds at the budget, after her decision to scrap controversial plans to raise income tax led to a sell-off in the bond market. … Read more
A man reportedly turned up unannounced and laid a wreath at the town’s war memorial during a service A 64-year-old man has been arrested following reports that an individual allegedly posed as a highly decorated naval officer at a town’s Remembrance Sunday event in Clwyd. The man reportedly turned up unannounced at the war memorial … Read more
Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees Personal details submitted by applicants for a job at Tate art galleries have been leaked online, exposing their addresses, salaries and the phone numbers of their referees, the Guardian has learned. The records, running to hundreds of pages, appeared on a website unrelated to … Read more