Politics » 1 week ago
Consultants were supportive of previous strikes, but these feel futile. The goodwill has gone and we fear for patient safetyIt is hard to believe that, yet again, we are going into industrial action by our resident (formerly junior) doctors. It has only been a year since ...
Politics » 1 week ago
The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than thisIt was meant to be a cosy conversation about cooking and new motherhood.But BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour took an ...
Politics » 1 week ago
The BMA is refusing to engage with the government. It is rushing into industrial action that will undermine the entire trade union movementWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care...
Politics » 1 week ago
Prime minister risks either provoking mutiny in his cabinet and party over Gaza or alienating White HouseFrance’s decision to r...
Politics » 1 week ago
BMA members on Manchester Royal Infirmary picket line had hoped Labour government would end pay disputeOutside Manchester Royal Infirmary, car horns beep as striking medics wave orange placards demanding “Pay Restoration for Doctors.”Most are decked out...
Politics » 1 week ago
Household names are having to take drastic action as they lack resources to meet rising demand for their services A week ago ministers were ...
Politics » 1 week ago
It remains to be seen whether any paper will back Farage at next election, but damage may already be done for ToriesAs the 2015 election hove into view, one of Nigel Farage’s team was frustrated. Ukip, the party Farage then led, had recently caused what was widely regarde...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
The genre-hopping director’s new work is a haunting pastoral feature about the destruction of a village. She talks ‘traumatic’ reviews, the film’s spectacular Romanian rock-inspired soundscape, and the problem with Greek cinemaA hand emerges from sheaves of wheat waving i...
Entertainment » 1 week ago
Celebrated singer with an agile contralto voice who, with her husband John Dankworth, helped bring new audiences to jazzCleo Laine, who has died aged 97, was not only the most creatively and materially successful jazz singer the UK scene has known, but was also respected ...