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A junior doctors union leader has insisted he is “still working” while on holiday during four days of NHS strikes. But the British Medical Association (BMA) junior doctors committee co-chairman Dr Robert Laurenson also said he is “sorry” if striking colleagues feel his absence, to attend a wedding, has underminedContinue Reading

Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse.Continue Reading

Police officers will not record “frivolous” allegations of offensive speech in a shake-up of how crimes are logged by forces. Policing minister Chris Philp said officers are “not the thought police” and being rude or insulting is not a “police matter” as he announced the Government plans, which will comeContinue Reading

Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said the strength of the UK-US relationship should never be underestimated, as he rejected claims that Joe Biden is anti-British.It comes as a Home Office minister insisted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s interaction with the US president in Belfast involved “extensive discussions” – while the WhiteContinue Reading

I nternal party issues have left the SNP “completely distracted” from getting on with running the country, a Scotland Office minister has said. John Lamont said the public are concerned about how the Scottish Government is operating amid a series of controversies within the party. In recent weeks, the SNPContinue Reading

C onsidering gender recognition reforms is not at odds with women’s rights overall, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has said. She argued that protecting women-only spaces does not need to come at the expense of supporting transgender people. It comes amid a row within the party over its position onContinue Reading

T he cost of the Scottish Government’s legal challenge against the blocking of gender recognition reforms will not be revealed until after the case has concluded, the First Minister has said. Humza Yousaf said he has received legal advice on the “worst case scenario” figure, but added the costs cannotContinue Reading

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has denied the party is “playing dirty” with its attacks on Rishi Sunak and said it is right to highlight the Government’s record on crime – which she branded a “disaster”. The frontbencher defended the campaign, which has included a claim the Prime Minister does notContinue Reading

The city of Bakhmut has been the centre of some of the most intense fighting since the war started on 24 February 2022. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that over the past two weeks that almost 4,500 Wagner mercenaries and Russian army troops have beenContinue Reading