Politics

The lowest paid NHS workers had to be given a salary top-up this year to avoid breaching national minimum wage laws, the head of...

The British public’s “common sense” should be trusted on what is safe to do during ambulance worker strikes, the health secretary said. Steve Barclay,...

Conservative MP Bob Stewart has said he made “a mistake” after he was caught on video telling a human rights activist to “go back...

Suella Braverman has defended the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after the High Court ruled earlier today that the scheme is...

Health Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to meet with members of Unite, Unison and GMB unions tomorrow amid further walkouts by nurses and ambulance...

The government has issued civil legal proceedings against a firm allegedly linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone which is at the centre of...

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will stage their second walkout across England, Wales and Northern Ireland today – as Health Secretary...

A government plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. Lord Justice Lewis said the controversial policy, introduced...

Health Secretary Steve Barclay is understood to be writing to the unions to request fresh talks over strike action – but sources say he...

Strikes will continue across a number of industries this week in an escalating campaign of industrial action, with Border Force workers among those expected...

The government’s outgoing adviser on violence against women has accused the home secretary of “normalising hate” that black people get on Twitter with her...

Giving in to nurses’ pay demands would “stoke” inflation and have a “huge impact” on public finances, a minister has told Sky News. Oliver...

Rail workers have entered the second half of their latest 48-hour strike – as the business secretary says he is hopeful that a resolution...

A deal between train companies and rail unions is “achievable”, Mick Lynch, the head of the RMT union, has said as the biggest day...

Labour has comfortably held on to its seat in Stretford and Urmston, in its second by-election victory in two weeks.  Andrew Western, who is...

Parts of the UK are facing more travel trouble with rail, bus and highways workers walking off the job today in the continuing dispute...

Former health secretary Sajid Javid has warned that the NHS “won’t survive many more years” without “fundamental reforms”, urging the country to have an...

Tens of thousands of nurses are going on strike today for their first mass walkout in a century across England, Wales and Northern Ireland....

Nurses will continue to strike in January if the government does not negotiate with them on pay, union leader Pat Cullen has told Sky...