Politics

Ministers, health leaders and clinical experts will meet in Downing Street on Saturday in an attempt to solve the short and long-term issues facing...

Nurses have said they will call off strike action later this month if the government discusses pay for this year – but ministers are...

Junior doctors will go on strike for the second time ever in March – if they vote for industrial action in a ballot beginning...

The criminal justice system is “about to crack” with a record number of trials being aborted at the last minute because no one is...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) could accept a pay rise of around 10% to end its ongoing dispute with the government, its chief...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has promised to introduce a “take back control bill” in his first King’s speech if Labour were to win...

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris appears to have had his Twitter profile hacked – just weeks after Education Secretary Gillian Keegan’s profile picture changed...

Sir Keir Starmer will promise to end “sticking plaster politics” when he delivers his first speech of the new year. The Labour leader will...

Rishi Sunak has pledged to boost the economy, cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings in the Channel in his first speech of...

Pupils in England will study maths up until the age of 18 under plans to be unveiled by Rishi Sunak. The prime minister will...

The health secretary has blamed high cases of flu, COVID and fears about Strep A for the “massive pressure” the NHS faced over the...

The government is doing “everything possible” to increase the number of hospital beds available, Downing Street has said, as winter pressures continue to bite....

There is “not a bottomless pit of money” to be spent on increasing workers’ pay, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has warned the RMT union...

New Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar – seen as a bogeyman by many unionists in Northern Ireland – has said he “understands” and “gets”...

Strikes by rail and road staff are set to cause extensive disruption to commuters returning to work after the Christmas break – amid fears...

UK Border Force officers have joined patrols on French beaches for the first time in a bid to stem the flow of migrants crossing...

Ian Blackford watched the election of his successor Stephen Flynn via zoom, surrounded by his closest allies. And by boxes. His imminent forced departure...

Rishi Sunak has warned the UK’s problems will not “go away” in 2023 after a “tough” 12 months in his New Year message. The...

Tory and Labour MPs who caused trouble for Boris Johnson have been recognised in the first New Year Honours list to be published since...