Badenoch says Conservatives would ban strikes by NHS doctors

Badenoch says Conservatives would ban strikes by NHS doctors

Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will ban strikes by all NHS doctors if they return to power. The Tory leader said her party would introduce legislation for minimum service levels and block doctors taking widespread industrial action, placing them under the same restrictions that apply to police officers, soldiers and prison officers. Dr Tom … Read more

Badenoch says Conservatives would ban strikes by NHS doctors

Badenoch says Conservatives would ban strikes by NHS doctors

Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will ban strikes by all NHS doctors if they return to power. The Tory leader said her party would introduce legislation for minimum service levels and block doctors taking widespread industrial action, placing them under the same restrictions that apply to police officers and soldiers. Thousands of resident doctors, … Read more

Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer

Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer

Nigel Farage’s insurgent anti-immigration party, Reform U.K., scored a significant, if narrow, victory Friday in a parliamentary special election in the northwest of England, serving notice that Mr. Farage, a populist fixture and close ally of President Trump, is again a rising force in British politics. Reform’s candidate, Sarah Pochin, won by a razor-thin margin … Read more

Covid: Lack of trust in government adversely affected minorities – Badenoch

Covid: Lack of trust in government adversely affected minorities – Badenoch

Ms Badenoch added that “within ethnic minority populations there is a very high level of first-generation immigrants who come from countries where people don’t trust the government, and there is no reason to assume that just because the government is saying something, that they will take it as verifiable information that they have to act … Read more