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• To his fans he’s a pragmatist. To the rest of us, Rish! is an accident-in-waiting | John Crace

  09-01-2023 20:16
  From windfarms to strikes, PM has shown himself to be a politician who isn’t actually very good at politicsTo his supporters, Rishi Sunak is a pragmatist. A politician who gets things done. A man unhindered by dogma. Who changes his mind when the facts change. A thoroughly modern leader fit for the 21st century.The more dispassionate see a rather different prime minister. A politician who isn’t actually very good at politics. A man forced into countless unnecessary U-turns, simply be
  
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• NHS strikes still going ahead despite Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on pay talks

  09-01-2023 20:09
  PM changes tack to allow negotiations on wages but unions remain frustrated at lack of clear offerUK politics live – latest news updatesStrikes by paramedics and nurses will go ahead from this week despite Rishi Sunak’s major U-turn on allowing new pay negotiations, with unions frustrated at ministers for not yet making a concrete offer.The health secretary, Steve Barclay, has agreed to discuss the possibility of a lump-sum payment or backdating a future pay deal in order to end NHS
  
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• NHS strikes still going ahead after Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on pay talks

  09-01-2023 20:09
  PM changes tack to allow negotiations on wages but unions remain frustrated at lack of clear offerUK politics live – latest news updatesStrikes by paramedics and nurses will go ahead from this week despite Rishi Sunak’s major U-turn on allowing new pay negotiations, with unions frustrated at ministers for not yet making a concrete offer.The health secretary, Steve Barclay, has agreed to discuss the possibility of a lump sum payment or backdating a future pay deal in order to end NHS
  
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• Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened

  09-01-2023 19:16
  Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress. This live blog is now closedRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wanted to make to the country – that&
  
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• Statement to Parliament: Oral statement on new discharge funding and NHS winter pressures

  09-01-2023 18:55 via gov.uk
  The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay updated on what the government is doing to help the NHS deal with immediate winter pressures.
  
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• Statement to Parliament: New discharge funding and NHS winter pressures

  09-01-2023 18:55 via gov.uk
  The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, updated Parliament on what the government is doing to help the NHS deal with immediate winter pressures.
  
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• Statutory guidance: Adult social care provider information provisions: data collection

  09-01-2023 18:07 via gov.uk
  Guidance for adult social care providers to comply with information provisions under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
  
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• Statutory guidance: Adult social care provider information provisions: formal notice

  09-01-2023 18:02 via gov.uk
  Formal notice for adult social care providers, setting out the information required by the Secretary of State under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
  
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• Statutory guidance: Adult social care provider information provisions: data enforcement

  09-01-2023 17:52 via gov.uk
  Guidance on the enforcement process for adult social care providers who do not comply with information requests under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
  
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• Barclay agreed to discuss lump sum or back pay for NHS workers, say sources

  09-01-2023 16:05
  Unions attack ‘disappointing’ talks but sources on both sides acknowledge change of approachUK politics live – latest news updatesThe health secretary, Steve Barclay, has agreed to discuss the possibility of a lump sum payment or backdating pay in order to end NHS strikes, according to multiple sources, though strikes will go ahead for nurses and ambulance staff next week.Though health unions publicly attacked the talks as disappointing, both union and government sources acknow
  
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• Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – live

  09-01-2023 15:46
  Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progressRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wanted to make to the country – that’s to halve inflation, gr
  
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• Government accused of insulting workers as ministerial talks with health, education and rail unions make almost no progress – live

  09-01-2023 15:24
  Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progressRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wanted to make to the country – that’s to halve inflation, gr
  
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• Unions calls talks ‘bitterly disappointing’ and an ‘insult’ despite health secretary accepting no end to strikes without higher pay – live

  09-01-2023 14:37
  Unite negotiator criticises Steve Barclay for linking one-off payment to productivity as RCN says there is ‘no resolution in sight’ despite Unison appearing more positiveRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wa
  
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• Health secretary accused of ‘insult’ to NHS workers after talks; train driver’s union leader plays down prospect of progress – live

  09-01-2023 14:08
  Unite negotiator criticises Steve Barclay for linking one-off payment toproductivity; Aslef leader refuses to comment when asked about progressRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wanted to make to the country – tha
  
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• Health secretary accused of ‘insult’ to NHS workers after latest talks – live

  09-01-2023 13:52
  Unite negotiator criticises Steve Barclay for linking one-off extra payment to more productivity, saying members already work 18-hour shiftsRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Referring to the promises he announced last week, he What the government is getting on with is delivering on the people’s priorities. I set out five priorities, five promises I wanted to make to the country – that&r
  
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• Rishi Sunak questioned over one-off payment to end nurses' strike – video

  09-01-2023 13:27
  Rishi Sunak has not denied reports that No 10 is considering a one-off payment to end the nurses strike. The Guardian understands ministers are prepared to look at the payment to health workers, possibly in the form of a hardship payment to get them through this winter. The prime minister discussed the strikes during a visit to a community health centre in Leeds on Monday 
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• The Thatcherites hounding Sunak over strikes forget one thing: she picked her battles | Katy Balls

  09-01-2023 13:00
  MPs want the prime minister to show his mettle and win the health and rail disputes. But his options to keep them happy, and keep his job, are limitedThere isn’t much a Tory prime minister can say these days without sparking an internal debate. As Rishi Sunak has fast discovered, any discussion on planning, economic growth or even childcare has the potential to lead to a war of words between the various factions in the Conservative party on the correct approach. It’s one of the reaso
  
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• The Thatcherites hounding Sunak over strikes forget one thing: she picked her battles

  09-01-2023 13:00
  MPs want the prime minister to show his mettle and win the health and rail disputes. But his options to keep them happy, and keep his job, are limitedThere isn’t much a Tory prime minister can say these days without sparking an internal debate. As Rishi Sunak has fast discovered, any discussion on planning, economic growth or even childcare has the potential to lead to a war of words between the various factions in the Conservative party on the correct approach. It’s one of the reaso
  
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• Rishi Sunak does not deny reports No 10 considering one-off payment to end nurses strike – live

  09-01-2023 11:56
  Prime minister does not deny Guardian report on one-off payment as ministers meet unions in effort to end disputesThis is what Rishi Sunak said in his pooled broadcast interview this morning when asked about reports the government was considering a one-off payment to nurses. Asked if one-off payments could be offered to workers in other sectors too, he replied:We’ve always said the government is happy to talk about pay demands, pay issues, that are anchored in what’s reasonable, what
  
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• Policy paper: Adult social care winter statement 2022 to 2023

  09-01-2023 11:28 via gov.uk
  How the government is supporting the adult social care sector this winter.
  
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• RCN official says talks today unlikely to avert nurses’ strike; junior doctors very likely to vote for action, says BMA – live

  09-01-2023 11:27
  Medical union balloting 45,000 members from today over strike in March as ministers meet unions in effort to end disputesIn her Sky News interview Patricia Marquis, director for England at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said she was alarmed by suggestions from governemnt that future pay increases for nurses could be linked to efficiency reforms. She said that made her “very, very worried”. She explained:It shows a level of misunderstanding of the situation the NHS and nursing is
  
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• Press release: Up to £250 million to speed up hospital discharge

  09-01-2023 01:15 via gov.uk
  NHS will buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings to help discharge more patients to free up hospital beds
  
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