Politics

The Prime Minister is said to have ditched his predecessor Liz Truss's idea for 'big bang' reforms, which were due to include increasing free childcare support by 20 hours a week and scrapping staff to child ratios

Unions and the NHS leaders fear Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seek to limit next year's pay rise for healthcare staff other than doctors and dentists to just 2% - amounting to a real terms wage cut

Blasting the Conservatives’ for 'radio silence' in recent weeks, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said he wants to 'work towards a deal but we haven’t heard from anyone formally since mid-December'

The widespread industrial action in December shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants, rail staff and ambulance workers among those set to down tools in disputes over pay

The Welsh Labour leader has put his party on an election footing as he thinks Rishi Sunak's administration is 'staggering on' and the PM could be forced to call an early nationwide poll

The post-Christmas return to work will be hit by disruption as members of the RMT union stage industrial action today, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with road travel also hampered by strikes

The Lib Dems made the claim as a study found how sick people are diagnosing and treating their own illnesses after giving up on trying to secure a slot with their family doctor

The grim poll for Citizens Advice found 37% would be unable to cope with a £20 added to their bills as inflation runs at 10.7%, energy costs spiral and people face higher mortgage rates

Royal College of Emergency Medicine President Dr Adrian Boyle said the NHS 'cannot continue like this and 'it is unsafe and undignified' as he fired off a grim warning to Tory ministers

After last year’s economic and political nightmares, Mystic Mag peers into his crystal ball to predict what further horrors lie in store as Tories lurch from one disaster to the next

Mone and husband Doug Barrowman allegedly benefited from multimillion-pound Covid PPE deal and three cash sums of £50,000 each and auction prizes were given to Tories by company linked to him

The Labour leader faced three Prime Ministers in 2022 after a year of open warfare in the Conservative Party - and in the coming year he will set out more of his blueprint for No10 as he hopes to maintain momentum

Logs of vandalism dealt with in the last 12 months reveal lewd jottings were found in a men's bathroom near the Strangers Bar, which staff worried could have a 'reputational risk' if seen by the public

In his New Year message, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, warned that care homes are struggling to deal with rising energy bills while battling to hold onto vital staff

Some 130 bus operators will slash maximum prices to £2 from today, with more than 4,600 routes across England set to introduce lower fares