Category: Public sector pay

Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to feel you have to bury a secret’ as he explains puberty blockers ban – UK politics live

The health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefiniteThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home...

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Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to bury a secret’ as he explains puberty blockers ban for under-18s – UK politics live

The health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefiniteThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home...

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PMQs live: Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch as farmers protest outside the Commons

Farmers opposed to plan to extend inheritance tax to some farms drive into central LondonThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, will make one on...

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Farmers arrive in Westminster to protest about inheritance tax changes – UK politics live

Farmers opposed to plan to extend inheritance tax to some farms drive into central LondonShabana Mahmood hinted in an interview this morning that jury trials could be scrapped for some offenders in England and Wales to reduce...

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Union anger over Labour government’s ‘insulting’ 2.8% public sector pay plan

Pay review bodies will make final recommendations on proposed rises for teachers, NHS staff and other workersThe government is set for a clash with trade unions after ministers recommended a 2.8% pay rise for teachers, NHS staff...

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Reeves could change fiscal rules to allow more capital spending, say sources

Chancellor tells conference she will ‘look at the value and benefits of investment and not just the costs’Rachel Reeves is considering changing how the government’s fiscal rules are calculated to allow billions...

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Nurses in England reject government’s 5.5% pay award

Royal College of Nursing union says members ‘do not yet feel valued and they are looking for urgent action’Nurses in England have rejected the 5.5% pay rise they were given for this year, in a move that may lead to...

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Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – Labour conference live

Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel paymentsIn interview this morning Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, defended her own decision to...

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Rachel Reeves defends Labour’s cuts to winter fuel allowance

Chancellor also strikes optimistic note at party conference, promising opportunity, fairness and enterpriseLabour conference live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has defended her decisions to cut winter fuel allowance and...

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Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – as it happened

Conservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories. This live blog is closedFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir...

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Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – UK politics live

Conservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the ToriesFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir Starmer is about to give...

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