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• Lack of clinical academics threatens NHS research and teaching, say peers

  26-01-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’
  
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• Sunak warned of Tory backlash if he tries to take UK out of ECHR

  05-02-2023 18:53 via ft.com
  PM told plans to ‘push boundaries’ of human rights law over migrant boats would lead to Commons rebellion
  
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• Peers seek public-interest clause for UK spy bill

  05-02-2023 18:00 via ft.com
  Amendment that aims to protect press freedom is attracting cross-party support
  
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• Breakdown of gas storage talks leaves UK exposed to price surges, say experts

  05-02-2023 18:00 via ft.com
  Impasse over subsidies increases country’s dependence on expensive LNG imports
  
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• Truss draws fire after blaming ‘economic establishment’ for her downfall

  05-02-2023 14:04 via ft.com
  Tory minister joins markets experts in dismissing former PM’s thesis, but her tax-cutting zeal retains support on party’s right
  
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• Workplace bullying should have no place in politics

  05-02-2023 14:00 via ft.com
  Civil servants who challenge the harmful behaviour of aggressive ministers are brave, not ‘snowflakey’
  
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• The case for a land value tax is overwhelming

  05-02-2023 13:00 via ft.com
  Natural resources are quite different from the capital stock created out of human effort
  
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• Cradle to grave: is Britain’s NHS broken?

  05-02-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  The UK’s national health system is showing signs of frailty as it nears its 75th birthday
  
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• Lib Dems call for higher pay for social care staff

  05-02-2023 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Ed Davey says a higher minimum wage for the sector would help prevent an "exodus" to better paid jobs.
  
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• Liz Truss: I was never given 'realistic chance' to enact tax-cuts

  05-02-2023 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-PM's comments are the first detailed remarks she has made since she was forced out of No 10.
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days

  04-02-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  
  PM’s job has been complicated by strikes and legacies of economic mess and sleaze
  
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• Green expectations: Is the party finally breaking through in England and Wales?

  04-02-2023 03:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Green Party is hoping council gains will pave the way for a second MP at Westminster.
  
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• Dominic Raab should be suspended, says ex-Conservative chairman

  04-02-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jake Berry argues MPs and ministers should be treated like "anyone else".
  
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• Simon Case: 'Keeper of secrets' under scrutiny

  03-02-2023 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A string of controversies has turned the spotlight on one of the most powerful figures in government.
  
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• Middle-class Britons are the ‘new vulnerable’, says Tyrie

  03-02-2023 22:00 via ft.com
  Tory peer and former CMA chair accuses watchdogs of not protecting consumers
  
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• Sunak under pressure from growing Raab row and critical ex-PMs

  03-02-2023 21:28 via ft.com
  Some Tory MPs think the justice secretary should step aside during bullying inquiry
  
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• Pregnant women to get more protection against being made redundant

  03-02-2023 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New law will aim to cover expectant mothers from the moment they tell their boss they are pregnant.
  
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• Britain should not accept its status as the ‘sick man of Europe’

  03-02-2023 14:59 via ft.com
  The country has economic problems, but there are solutions if only politicians would grasp the nettle
  
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• Bankrupt Thurrock Council asks for £636m bailout and tax hike

  03-02-2023 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thurrock is in council tax rise and bailout negotiations as it tries to address its £1.5bn debt.
  
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• UK at risk of losing healthcare innovation race with rivals, warns Sanofi boss

  03-02-2023 13:43 via ft.com
  Chief executive Paul Hudson sounds the alarm over British government’s cuts to research
  
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• Is Brexit costing £1m a day and other claims

  03-02-2023 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alastair Campbell and Jacob Rees-Mogg made claims about UK trade and the impact of Brexit.
  
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• SNP minister asked whether rapist Isla Bryson is a 'man or a woman' on Question Time

  03-02-2023 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bryson, a trans woman, was convicted of attacking two women while known as a man called Adam Graham.
  
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• Bristol by-election: Green Party becomes largest on council

  03-02-2023 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patrick McAllister, 24, was elected the new councillor for Hotwells and Harbourside in Bristol.
  
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• Liz Truss: Ex-PM to join global campaign to put pressure on China

  03-02-2023 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former prime minister will give a speech at a conference of global politicians in Japan this month.
  
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• ‘Generational warfare’ disguises the real divide in society

  03-02-2023 10:30 via ft.com
  Policymakers should focus support on those without access to the bank of Mum and Dad
  
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• Rishi Sunak says he'll release tax return soon in Piers Morgan interview

  03-02-2023 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM says he'll be "transparent" in a wide-ranging interview to mark his 100th day in office.
  
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• Stormont marks one year of political stalemate

  03-02-2023 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twelve months after the DUP withdrew from power-sharing, has its anti-protocol plan worked?
  
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• Concern voter ID could stop some voting in Swindon election

  03-02-2023 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new polling station rules will take effect for the first time during the May local elections.
  
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• MPs criticise government over semiconductor strategy delay

  03-02-2023 01:01 via ft.com
  Committee warns UK risks falling behind other countries in the race to develop cutting-edge chips
  
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• Sunak says UK cannot afford ‘massive’ pay rises for nurses

  02-02-2023 23:37 via ft.com
  PM sticks to tough line with unions in TV interview despite more rounds of strikes planned
  
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