Junior doctors in England vote to accept pay deal! B
Junior doctors voted by a margin of 66% for the pay rise, on a turnout of 69%, ending the most prolonged industrial dispute in the NHS’s history. A doctor starting NHS foundation training will now get £36,600 a year. Junior…
Starmer puts ‘pragmatism’ before perceptions in meeting with Meloni! B
Some Labourites may see a hard-right populist but the British PM has an eye on the immigration policies of an ally British prime minister, Keir Starmer, with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni in the gardens of the Villa Doria Pamphili. Photograph:…
Benefit sanctions more likely for minority ethnic claimants, UK data shows! B
Black universal credit claimants 58% more likely to get sanctions than white people, while mixed ethnic groups are 72% more likely The sanctions have been notorious for putting some claimants into debt and forcing them to use food banks. Photograph: FilippoBacci/Getty…
Why Italy can do what Britain can’t with migration! B
The Rwanda Plan never took off so how did Italy, which has borne the brunt of illegal migrant arrivals, strike a similar asylum agreement? Sir Keir Starmer met with Giorgia Meloni to pick her brain for pointers on illegal migration Roberto…
Starmer: I won’t tell people to have more children, even as birth rate falls! B
‘He doesn’t understand basic mathematical problem,’ say critics as PM refuses to join European fertility drive to avert demographic crisis Sir Keir Starmer has suggested he will not tell people how many children they should have, amid a falling birth rate. Several…
Undercover tactics to smash people-smuggling gangs! B
Scotland Yard expert on organised crime appointed to tackle small boat crossings as eight migrants die in the Channel Covert surveillance and other undercover tactics will be used to try to track down and stop the people-smugglers Credit: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Sir…
Starmer to explore Albania migration deal as he meets Italian PM after appointing new border security chief! B
The deal Giorgia Meloni has struck with Albania will see Tirana accept asylum seekers on Italy’s behalf while their claims are processed. By Darren McCaffrey, political correspondent, in Rome with the prime minister Keir Starmer with Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia…
Truth about pension increase ‘offsetting’ loss of Winter Fuel Payments! B
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Gareth Fuller/PA) During Prime Minister’s Questions this week Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension “will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel Payment”, reports FullFact, as the Prime Minister pointed out that…
Starmer has made ‘big mistakes’ already, says Ed Davey! B
The Lib Dem leader promises to hold the Government to account as his resurgent party holds its conference in Brighton Sir Ed Davey playing volleyball with a group of young carers in Brighton on Sunday Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Sir Keir Starmer…
Starmer opens the door to Albania immigration scheme to replace Rwanda! B
Prime Minister plans to discuss ‘strong migration options’ with Giorgia Meloni when they meet in Rome Under Italy’s immigration plan migrants whose asylum claims are rejected will be returned to their home country while those accepted will be admitted into…