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    A constitutional clash looms on gender reforms

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails To set aside sensitive moral questions and competing human rights is the best way to analyse the purely political aspects of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. It […] More

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    Unions warn strikes could last six months as Rishi Sunak grilled: ‘Where have you been?’

    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 Unprecedented travel chaos across country could continue for at least another six months unless the government makes workers an improved pay offer, unions have warned. Mark Serwotka, the general secretary […] More

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    ‘Completely reasonable’ for government to consider blocking Scottish gender laws, Sunak says

    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 has said it would be “completely reasonable” for the UK government to consider blocking Scotland’s controversial new self-identification gender reforms. Holyrood passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill […] More

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    NHS ‘close to overheating’ as unions reveal new strike dates for January

    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 The NHS is close “overheating completely” during one of its darkest ever winters, health leaders have warned, as union leaders stepped up their pay dispute with Rishi Sunak’s government and […] More

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    Rishi Sunak appoints ethics adviser but accused of preserving ‘rotten regime’

    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 has appointed a new ethics adviser after a six-month vacancy but has been condemned for clinging onto the personal power to veto any investigation into ministers. Historic England […] More