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    NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Planned strikes by NHS workers looked set to go ahead after trade union leaders branded talks with Steve Barclay over pay “bitterly disappointing” and an “insult”. A walkout of ambulance workers will […] More

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    Rishi Sunak ‘considers one-off payment for NHS staff to end strikes’

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Rishi Sunak’s government is said to be considering a “one-off” payment for nurses and ambulance workers to end strikes causing major disruption in the NHS. The prime minister sparked a […] More

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    Wealthy Britons should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Tory peer Ken Clarke

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke has said Rishi Sunak’s government should consider making wealthy Britons pay to use the NHS. The Tory peer said it was time to discuss “modest” […] More

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    One in three Tory voters lose faith in Brexit, poll finds

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Conservative party voters are losing faith in the idea of Brexit benefits and opportunities, a new poll suggests. On in three Tory voters (33 […] More

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    Czech ex-Premier Babis acquitted in EU funds fraud case

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A Prague court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. A prosecutor requested a three-year suspended sentence […] More

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    Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned in England, government reveals

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups are set to be banned in England, under government plans confirmed by environment secretary Therese Coffey. The government will take action to outlaw […] More