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Largest teachers’ strike in years to go ahead on Wednesday
Last-minute talks with the education secretary aimed at resolving a pay dispute have failed so the largest teachers’ strike in years will now go ahead on Wednesday.
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Give PM a chance to ‘get to grip some of these problems”, says Tory MP
Matt spoke to backbench Tory MP Laura Farris.
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Sunak says he acted “pretty decisively” by sacking Nadhim Zahawi as Tory chairman
Rishi Sunak has insisted he acted “pretty decisively” by sacking Nadhim Zahawi for breaching the ministerial code and promised to restore “integrity” to politics.
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Jeremy Hunt sets out plan to boost economic growth
The Chancellor has set out his plans to boost growth – not just of the British economy but also the Conservative Party’s sagging performance in the polls.
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Rishi Sunak under pressure over Nadhim Zahawi tax row
Rishi Sunak has held a cabinet “away day” at Chequers – the prime minister’s country house. Perhaps awkwardly, two of the most senior ministers there face investigations that could end their careers within weeks.
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Sunak and Starmer clash over Nadhim Zahawi tax scandal at PMQs
Rishi Sunak has insisted he will wait for his ethics adviser to fully investigate whether Conservative Chairman Nadhim Zahawi broke ministerial rules over his tax affairs – before deciding on his future in the Cabinet.
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Second mass shooting in California in three days heightens fears of copycat killings
Police have said that the gun used in a mass shooting in California last night was legally purchased.
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Calls for resignations over Zahawi tax inquiry and BBC Chairman’s involvement in loan to Boris Johnson
There have been more calls for resignations amid two ongoing political scandals.
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‘Political responsibility means resignation’ says director of anti-corruption action centre in Kyiv
Daria Kaleniuk is the director of the anti-corruption action centre in Kyiv.
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‘This will turn trench warfare into mobile warfare’: British tank expert on ‘game changing’ delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
Hamish de Bretton Gordon, who was a Commanding Officer in the British Army’s Tank Regiment and is weapons expert.
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Germany WILL send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine – reports
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
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‘We are seeing a workforce emergency’, says lead health negotiator for Unison
Earlier Jackie spoke to the lead health negotiator for the Unison union, Sara Gorton. Jackie began by asking her what her union and the others involved in the current dispute need from the Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
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Ambulance staff accuse government of ‘refusing to talk about pay’
The voices on the ice cold picket lines this morning spoke of a seemingly frozen dispute between the government and striking NHS workers. Ambulance staff across much of England and Wales walked out again today – with unions once more accusing the government of refusing to talk about pay. The Health Secretary said the disruption…
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‘It was known that Richard Sharp was close to Boris Jonhson’, says former Commissioner for Public Appointments
Cathy talks to Sir Peter Riddell. He was the Commissioner for Public Appointments when Richard Sharp was appointed as BBC Chairman.
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Proportion of scandals appears ‘higher under Sunak than it was under Johnson’, claims Chair of Commons Committee on Standards
The Chair of the Commons Committee on Standards, Labour MP Chris Bryant joins Cathy from Westminster.