B ack-to-back strikes by junior doctors and consultants will leave the NHS “struggling to catch its breath”, health leaders have said. Junior doctors in England went out on strike from 7am on July 13 to 7am on July 18. The five-day walkout was the longest in NHS history and isContinue Reading
A row over Labour’s plan to keep the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty, spilled over into a meeting of the parliamentary party on Monday evening. It is understood that a number of Labour MPs raised the issue, after Sir Keir Starmer onContinue Reading
B y-elections this week will be difficult, Rishi Sunak admitted, as the Conservatives battle to save seats in three crunch local polls. All eyes in Westminster will be on the by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty as well as Somerton and Frome on Thursday, with Labour andContinue Reading
Vietnam has banned the new “Barbie” film because it features a map showing China’s claim to the South China Sea. The map appears for only a split second on the screen, but it caught the attention of Vietnam’s National Film Evaluation Council for including the controversial “nine-dash line”, which isContinue Reading
T he Tory candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip has admitted it will be “very difficult” for the party to hold on to Boris Johnson’s former seat in Thursday’s by-election. Steve Tuckwell, who is a Conservative councillor for South Ruislip, said he is working “incredibly hard” to secure a victory,Continue Reading
Rogue clinics selling stem cell therapies are popping up everywhere. There are thousands of them around the world, and they claim to be able to cure everything from autism to cerebral palsy. The highest concentration of stem cell therapy clinics is in the US, Mexico, India and China. And peopleContinue Reading
Es sarawuth/Shutterstock Something has to change. Politicians and environmental organisations have invested millions trying to influence people’s behaviour and tackle the climate crisis. But it’s not working. No G20 country is on track to meet their climate goals. So instead, researchers are turning their attention to the link between people’sContinue Reading
A new law aimed at preventing extremist groups from training artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to spread terrorism would be introduced under a Labour government, Yvette Cooper will say. In a major speech on Monday, the shadow home secretary will set out the party’s approach to national security, including action toContinue Reading
F ormer Somerton and Frome MP David Warburton has said allegations of sexual misconduct against him have been withdrawn. Mr Warburton was suspended by the Conservative Party in April 2022 and resigned last month after a probe into the complaints. A Westminster watchdog launched a reinvestigation into the claims afterContinue Reading
A Labour government will not nationalise industries that will cost a “load of money” according to the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. Talking to The Observer, she said they need to be pragmatic when making decisions over radical policies such as renationalising the railways. She said: “I’m not for nationalisingContinue Reading
