The Westminster Round Up: NHS Recovery | Boris’s Legal Fees | Israeli Government | Independence Pursuit
What has happened in parliament this week? This is a short, summary video, compiling the best of our Commons Today clips and bringing you the highlights from the week in Parliament. This week, the video features Steve Barclay’s NHS recovery statement on emergency services, the Minimum Service Bill, Boris Johnson’s taxpayer-funded legal fees, Scotland’s multi-faceted […]
NHS strikes part of ‘broader cry for help’, argues Streeting
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said the strikes in the NHS are part of a “broader cry for help” from health workers, as the government prepares to hold crunch talks with union bosses to hammer out pay deals and avoid further industrial action. Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Monday morning, he said: “I think […]
Nurses are getting ‘fair’ pay rise says Barclay, as strike dates announced
Health secretary Steve Barclay has said nurses have been offered a ‘fair pay rise’ this year, following news that nurses are to hold two days of strike action next month. In a tweet on Friday morning, Mr Barclay said, “We have accepted the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body to give nurses a […]
Javid labels NHS access debate hypocritical on first day of rail strikes
MPs are debating NHS GP and dentist access and the increasing waiting lists in the UK. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting labelled health secretary Sajid Javid’s record “rubbish”, blaming “Conservative underfunding” for “patients finding it impossible to book GP appointments”. Javid focused on the rail strikes which he told the House of Commons that Streeting […]
Boris Johnson under fire for ‘overpromising’ on Covid booster jabs
Boris Johnson has come under fire in the House of Commons over his approach to tackling the Omicron variant. The shadow home secretary Wes Streeting says “the prime minister is now famous for overpromising and under-delivering”, in reference to his TV address to the nation last night. The PM inaccurately suggested every adult would “have […]
The McDonald’s row reveals the weakness of Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents
Labour’s ‘moderates’ have not learned the lessons from their defeat in the Labour leadership contest
