Politics

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service was on a knife edge with many A&E units struggling to keep up with demand and trusts and ambulance services declaring critical incidents

Race commission chairman Lord Sewell claims the former Prime Minister found it difficult to respond to his report because he had a "bad track record" on statements on race - but a spokesman for Mr Johnson said there had been a "misunderstanding"

The PM announced his vision during his first speech of 2023, where he said that learning maths will leave students “better equipped for the jobs of the future”.

Brian Reade says that under the Tories, we have witnessed Britain stagnate economically and intellectually, becoming insular, divided and broken - and the divide in our country is now huge

The Prime Minister will stage an 'NHS Recovery Forum' with health leaders and experts - but critics slammed the move saying 'patients deserve more than a talking shop'

Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s so-called 'strictest headteacher' said some of her 'controversial' statements had put the Social Mobility Commission in 'jeopardy'

One expert said the government could face 'legal challenge on a number of grounds', while another branded Rishi Sunak's crackdown on striking workers 'completely mad'

Ambulance workers at Unite union have announced a strike date at the end of January - with walkouts by paramedics and 999 call handlers already planning to walk out at two other unions

Many parents have been 'forced to make toughest decisions' as they can no longer afford their children's out-of-school activities - meanwhile organisers are forced to cancel trips and events due to rising costs

Lord John Hutton, who was Defence Secretary under Gordon Brown, said admitting to killing 25 people was a 'very serious mistake' and 'it's just inappropriate and wrong'

PM Rishi Sunak swerved questions on what his 'minimum service levels' for striking staff will mean in the health service - including if workers could be sacked

Up to 45,000 junior doctors in England will down tools in March for 72 hours if a major strike ballot passes, the British Medical Association has announced today

RMT union chief Mick Lynch says he's ready to fight the Tories' minimum service levels for rail, fire and ambulances through the courts - as they'll 'conscript' his members into work

The Royal College for Nursing could be willing to accept a 10% rise in their pay, having previously asked for 19%, after union leader Pat Cullen asked the government to meet them "halfway"

It comes after Rishi Sunak used his first speech of the new year to commit to reducing NHS waiting lists but admitted patients are "not getting the care they deserve" - despite 12 years of Tory rule

Roger Seifert, emeritus professor of industrial relations at Wolverhampton University, answers your questions as the Government announced it will bring in new anti-strike laws

A poll for GB News showed the hueg scepticism with which the public treats the Prime Minister's claim he will stop small boats bringing migrants to the UK across the Strait of Dover

After weeks of threats, Rishi Sunak has now confirmed he'll bring a 'minimum service levels' law to Parliament in the coming weeks to ban some workers from walking out

The annual pay of CEOs at the nation’s biggest businesses stands at an average of £3.41million - £1078.26 per hour - 103 times that of the average full-time worker’s pay of £33,000

Despite repeated warnings the NHS is near collapse, the health secretary has been nowhere to be seen and barely anyone in Liverpool or Croydonw knew his name or recognised his picture when asked by The Mirror

Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg used a speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise to highlight the threat posed by Beijing as China deepens ties with Moscow

In his New Year speech, the Labour leader blasted Rishi Sunak’s plans to impose 'minimum service levels' on striking sectors and said it isn't the way you 'bring an end to industrial disputes'

Rishi Sunak's government has confirmed the sale pushed by his predecessor will not go ahead - and Channel 4 will remain in public ownership where it has been for the last 40 years

The Labour leader said a Take Back Control Bill would be one of his first acts in government, as he stood in front of machinery vowing to 'roll up our sleeves' in a major New Year speech

Our Prime Minister admits waiting times are too long and promises more hospital beds as well as funding for social care - but is it enough?