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The BMA Resident Doctors Committee has announced a delay to its planned strike action, which had been scheduled to take place from 15-19 June 2026. This would have followed the three rounds of five-day strike action that took place in 2025 (25-30 July, 14-19 October and 17-22 December 2025). In total, the BMA has spearheaded 16 rounds of walkouts since 2023, in protest against what they perceive as long-term pay erosion, and substandard working conditions. The government has

This country has a long tradition of policing by consent. The police are expected to act proportionately, they are expected to assume that people are innocent until proven guilty. They are not permitted to take sides in a dispute, and they are certainly not there to handcuff people who pose no physical threat and are not resisting arrest. The police are trained to use controlled and reasonable force. There is no expectation that police should manhandle and handcuff an individ

Angela Rayner has been accused of "openly lying", and of promoting partisan political views to schoolchildren, in contravention of The Education Act 1996. In a clip shared by Rayner on her social media (which she has since deleted following the backlash it received), when addressing a group of schoolchildren about Nigel Farage and Reform UK, the former deputy prime minister is seen telling the youngsters that Mr Farage would make people pay for the NHS, despite the fact that

The second "Unite the Kingdom" rally took place on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in central London. Organised by activist Tommy Robinson, official estimates of attendance at the march were approximately 50,000-60,000, although many in attendance on the day have suggested that official estimates understated the real figure, with some speculating this to be a deliberate attempt by authorities and left-wing media groups to undermine the impact and significance of the event, in order t