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Liz Truss, the former Prime Minister, and her allies are pushing for tax cuts despite warnings from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that it is not the right time due to slower growth forecasts and lower tax revenues. The push for tax cuts comes ahead of Hunt&
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In a stern response to growing tensions within his own party, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dismissed demands from some Tory MPs to implement immediate tax cuts in the upcoming Budget. Instead, he argued that the economic double whammy from Covid and the war in Ukraine means that such a
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Disruption looms on the horizon for millions of state school pupils as teachers in England and Wales prepare to go on strike over below-inflation pay rises and a dispute over pensions. Winchester College, attended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is set to become the first public school to join the
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NHS staff and railway workers are at the center of a wave of industrial unrest in the UK, with ministers holding emergency meetings in a bid to end the strikes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak remains open to discussing pay, with health unions pushing for a one-off payment to help deal
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Health unions are warning of continued strikes unless the government reopens this year's pay settlement, ahead of crisis talks today aimed at bringing an end to the wave of public sector industrial action across Britain. The Royal College of Nursing and three unions representing ambulance workers, some of
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The UK's accident and emergency services are facing unprecedented challenges, with the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warning that the situation has worsened significantly over the past decade. Adrian Boyle, who attended crisis talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, emphasized that the problems behind the
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As Britain enters a new year, the country finds itself in the midst of a labor unrest wave, with over 1.5 million workers involved, including nurses, ambulance crews, border agents, postal staff, and garbage collectors. The health sector, in particular, has seen a surge in strikes, with nurses walking
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently visited the memorials of several leaders, including late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in a symbolic gesture to pay tribute to India's founding fathers. The move was widely seen as an attempt by the Congress to counter the BJP's strategy of
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The Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Late Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday at 64,000 booths across the state. Party leaders, including BJP President Vishnudutt Sharma and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, paid floral tributes to Vajpayee's statue in the
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Health chiefs have sounded a dire warning that patients may not be guaranteed safe treatment during the upcoming ambulance workers' strike, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak refused to reopen the NHS pay deal. The industrial action, set for today, poses a significant challenge for Sunak as workers across various
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Senior Conservatives have advised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to reconsider the lifetime pension allowance, which they argue has become a "perverse incentive" for skilled workers, particularly in the NHS, to leave the workforce early. The tax on pension sizes has been reduced from £1.8 million to £1,
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During his two-day visit to Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with businesses, communities, and political leaders to discuss the UK's naval shipbuilding ambitions. The meeting comes as the UK Ministry of Defence announced Team Resolute as the preferred bidder for a £1.6bn contract to
