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• Sue Gray declined to make representations to inquiry into her role with Labour, Dowden says – as it happened

  02-05-2023 20:32
  
  Oliver Dowden says process ‘involved interviewing relevant persons’ but Sue Gray chose not to take partMomentum, the Labour group set up to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda when he was party leader, claims that Keir Starmer could end up like Nick Clegg if he abandons his promise to abolish tuition fees.Responding to what Starmer said on this this morning (see 9.01am), Momentum spokesperson said:This move wouldn’t just fly in the face of party democracy and the wishes of Lab
  
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• Sue Gray declined to make representations to inquiry into her role with Labour, Dowden says – UK politics live

  02-05-2023 19:30
  
  Oliver Dowden says process ‘involved interviewing relevant persons’ but Sue Gray chose not to take partMomentum, the Labour group set up to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda when he was party leader, claims that Keir Starmer could end up like Nick Clegg if he abandons his promise to abolish tuition fees.Responding to what Starmer said on this this morning (see 9.01am), Momentum spokesperson said:This move wouldn’t just fly in the face of party democracy and the wishes of Lab
  
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• The Guardian view on the NHS pay deal: divide and rule | Editorial

  02-05-2023 19:28
  
  A contested settlement will do little to alleviate a chronic crisis which goes beyond issues of remunerationThe ongoing wave of public sector strikes, some of which could continue into the autumn, has been motivated by two main factors. One – the most immediate – is the spike in inflation and the cost of living crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. For workforces which had already endured a steady erosion of pay and living standards for over a decade, this amounted to a blow upon t
  
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• ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role

  02-05-2023 18:00
  
  Annie O’Neill, who visits 33 schools a term, has noticed a huge rise in problems such as eating disordersCalls for 11,000 more school nurses in UKAnnie O’Neill has just finished delivering a session in which she has taught year 13 students to manage their anxious “glitter mind” with breathing exercises, CBT techniques and mindfulness. When the school nurse finishes, one of the students shyly shuffles up. After a long pause, she says: “I have a lot of pressure on me.
  
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• Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow

  02-05-2023 18:00
  
  Survey finds exhaustion and low morale among school nurses as they face increasingly complex caseloadsSchool nurses’ crucial, underfunded roleThe UK needs at least 11,000 more school nurses to deal with the increasingly complex needs of young people after the pandemic, and help prevent them from developing serious mental health problems, researchers and campaigners say.The number of school nurses has fallen by 35% in the last five years to about 2,000, and research by Oxford Brookes Univer
  
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• NHS staff council votes to accept pay deal for health workers in England – video

  02-05-2023 17:10
  
  The body that represents more than 1 million NHS staff in England has accepted the government’s improved pay offer, but several unions plan to continue striking for more money. The NHS staff council voted to accept a pay deal covering 2022-23 and 2023-24 that was thrashed out between the health secretary, Steve Barclay, and unions, which all but one recommended. Tuesday’s meeting came amid a split among the health unions. Several of them, including Unison, the GMB and those represent
  
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• 'Good day' after NHS staff council accepts England pay deal, says health secretary – video

  02-05-2023 17:10
  
  The body that represents more than 1 million NHS staff in England has accepted the government’s improved pay offer, but several unions plan to continue striking for more money. The NHS staff council voted to accept a pay deal covering 2022-23 and 2023-24 that was thrashed out between the health secretary, Steve Barclay, and unions, which all but one recommended. Barclay is expected to now impose the deal on the members of all 12 unions, including those that oppose itUK politics live &ndash
  
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• RCN to go ahead with plan to ballot nurses on further strike action despite other unions accepting pay deal – UK politics live

  02-05-2023 17:05
  
  RCN and the Unite health union are opposed to government’s pay offer and voted against it at NHS Staff Council meeting on TuesdayMomentum, the Labour group set up to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda when he was party leader, claims that Keir Starmer could end up like Nick Clegg if he abandons his promise to abolish tuition fees.Responding to what Starmer said on this this morning (see 9.01am), Momentum spokesperson said:This move wouldn’t just fly in the face of party democracy a
  
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• NHS staff council votes to accept pay deal for health workers in England

  02-05-2023 15:00
  
  Health secretary now expected to impose two-year deal on members of all 12 unions• UK politics live –latest news updatesThe body that represents more than 1 million NHS staff in England has accepted the government’s improved pay offer, but several unions plan to continue striking for more money.The NHS staff council voted to accept a pay deal covering both 2022-23 and 2023-24 thrashed out between the health secretary, Steve Barclay, and unions, which all but one recommended. Con
  
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• Statutory guidance: Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Directions

  02-05-2023 10:57 via gov.uk
  
  Directions for the NHS from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care relating to Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contracts in general practice.
  
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• Striking nurses ‘not going away’, says RCN, as other unions meet over pay offer

  02-05-2023 07:49
  
  Pat Cullen urges health secretary not to disrespect nurses and to do the ‘decent thing for the NHS’Steve Barclay has “lost the public” and striking nurses “are not going to go away”, the head of the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen, has warned.Her comments came after Barclay, the health secretary, described the industrial action by nurses as “premature” and “disrespectful” to other trade unions who are set to meet to discuss the gov
  
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