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BMA dismisses Starmer’s 48-hour warning over resident doctors’ strike plan – UK politics live

The Guardian · · 765 words · By Andrew Sparrow
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“The grooming gangs inquiry will directly examine whether ethnicity, culture or religion influenced offending and whether they shaped the institutional response”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The grooming gangs inquiry will directly examine whether ethnicity, culture or religion influenced offending and whether they shaped the institutional response.
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“BMA dismisses Starmer’s 48-hour warning over resident doctors’ strike plan, calling for talks not 'threats'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As a result of the Gaza war, following the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, nationwide protests occurred across the UK. These demonstrations occurred as part of a broader movement of Gaza wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–2024 National Health Service (NHS) strikes were a series of concurrent industrial disputes in the publicly funded health services of the United Kingdom. The disputes related to the several st…
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“Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee later to discuss the Iran war”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He se…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The political positions of Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020, have frequently changed. Views of his political philosophy are d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative…
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“The government made very late changes to the pay offer, reducing the pay investment and stretching it over a longer period in a way that had not been previously talked about”
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“The Home Office publishes the terms of reference for the national grooming gangs inquiry”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Small office/home office (or single office/home office; sometimes short SOHO) refers to the category of business or cottage industry that involves from 1 to 1000 workers. In New Zealand, the Ministry…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Home Office (HO), also known in official usage and in Parliament as the Home Department, is the United Kingdom's interior ministry. It is responsible for public safety and policing, border securit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Home Office radio was the VHF and UHF radio service provided by the British government to its prison service, emergency service (police, ambulance and fire brigade) and Home Defence agencies from arou…
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“Zack Polanski, the Green leader, launches his party’s campaign for the Senedd election in Cardiff”
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“Kemi Badenoch is on a visit in south-west Hertfordshire”
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“John Swinney, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, is campaigning in Dundee and Stirling. Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Lib Dem leader, and Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, are also doing media-focused campaign events”
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“Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Robert Jenrick, his Treasury spokesperson, are holding a press conference at Heathrow airport to publicise a cost of living announcement”
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“Keir Starmer chairs a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee to discuss the Iran war”
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“Keir Starmer is also meeting Ahmed al-Sharaa, president of Syria, in Downing Street at some point today”
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