now, the british medical association, the doctors' trade union, says this is a victory for negotiationeen an important change to the way doctors' pay is negotiated through the public sector pay review body, that now the government has agreed that it should have a broader remit. it shouldn'tjust be constrained by what the government say is affordable. the government position is that this is very welcome. it's good news for patients as well as others in the nhs, good news for taxpayers, and they are obviously pleased with the deal. now, importantly, this isjust for england. there are separate disputes in wales and northern ireland. in fact, senior doctors in wales are due to take strike action over their pay dispute from the middle of april, and senior doctors in northern ireland are about to ballot on the matter. so it's all down to administrations in the different nations of the uk as to how they handle it. junior doctors, meanwhile, in england have not settled their dispute. they first staged strike action in march last year. their dispute is farfrom over. they have another mandate fo

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that work is good for people. >> well, he's faced criticism from some charities and the british medical associationut he's rejected claims that his reforms were lacking in compassion. let's speak with gb news political correspondent katherine forster on this now, because catherine, the prime minister sort of trying to make this one of his crusades, there's clearly a big problem of an uptick of mental health claims here. >> yes. this is a very difficult nettle that the government has decided finally to grasp after for a long time. i think putting it simply in the too hard basket. but the fact of the matter is that the cost of sickness and long term disability benefits has absolutely gone through the roof, and especially since the pandemic, we've got 2.8 million people on long term benefits and the cost to the taxpayer ultimately is currently £69 billion a year. and that's projected to rise to 90 vie by the end of the next parliament. if nothing is done now, there's been a rise of some 700,000 odd people. additionally claiming these benefits since the pandemic and as you say, over half of them, suffe

members of the british medical association and the hospital specialists association have backed a newffer will mean that some consultants will get a pay increase of nearly 20% in the financial year of 2023—2024. junior doctors remain in dispute with ministers over pay and have a fresh mandate to strike. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the senior british conservative mp william wragg has reportedly admitted passing phone numbers of some fellow mps to a person he met on a gay dating app. speaking to the times, mr wragg apologised and said he was scared the individual would have "compromising things" on him. the bbc has attempted to contact mr wragg. around 12 people working in westminster are believed to have been targeted, all receiving unsolicited whatsapp messages from suspicious mobile numbers. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller reports. good afternoon, prime minister. good afternoon. questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp william wragg now reported to be at the centre of a romance scam that targeted some of the most powerfu

the british medical association says 83% of its members in england voted in favour of the deal, whichimprovement on one they rejected earlier on this yeah they rejected earlier on this year. consultants have taken strike action over the past 12 months, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . aslef has accused unresolved. aslef has accused the government of being, quote, economically incompetent as train drivers continue their strikes over pay union members have walked out and mounted picket lines across the country . picket lines across the country. five train operators, including avanti, crosscountry and west midlands railway, are not running any services today. a ban on overtime at 16 companies is also continuing into tomorrow . aslefs general secretary mick whelan says workers need a resolution. >> he will. somebody come to the table and resolve this issue. the people behind me haven't had a pay the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for five years. half a pay rise for five years. half a decade, the

the original 6% pay award last year was deemed not enough by the british medical association and theikes which followed that and a new offer was made and rejected and now this one, which basically adds between three and 30% to the original 6%, depending on seniority. it is a fair dealfor depending on seniority. it is a fair deal for consultants, patients and for taxpayers. the bma view is they welcome the offer and they say importantly the doctors' pay review process will now be modernised to allow a much wider range of factors to be considered next time. junior doctors in england, meanwhile, have a mandate for further strike action and their dispute is not over. in wales and northern ireland consultants are still in dispute with governments there, in fact consultants in wales are planning strike action later this month. millions of workers will receive a national insurance cut, with the new tax year beginning tomorrow. around 27 million people will benefit, but for many the cost of living will still bite. marc ashdown is here with more. yes, national insurance payments are deducted

the british medical association is urging rishi sunak to avoid using hostile language on what he describeds sick note culture. during a major speech this morning, the prime minister said 850,000 more people are out of work since the pandemic, and insists he's on a moral mission to fix the problem. the proposals, though, have been described as a full on assault on disabled people. rishi sunak says he recognises he'll be accused of lacking compassion , accused of lacking compassion, but insists the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> we now spend £69 billion on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition that's more than our entire schools budget, more than our transport budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget, and spending on personal independence payments alone , independence payments alone, it's forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years, as . years, as. >> we've heard today that two police forces are being investigated over the stabbing of a mother in bradford, habiba masum is charged

proves my point of last night that an early general election is now favourite, and the british medical association warns that more doctors will go abroad . more doctors will go abroad. lord. but surely if we're spending huge amounts of public money training doctors, surgeons, consultants, shouldn't they actually be made to stay in this country indentured for a few years? i'll debate that with some doctors who may disagree . some doctors who may disagree. but first, let's get the news with ray allison . with ray allison. >> thanks, nigel. good evening. our top stories tonight. the prime minister has announced plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. dufing spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. during a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. addressing troops in a military hangar, he also said the uk defence industry will be put on a war footing. mr sunak described the plans as the biggest strengthening of our national defence in a generation. >> as churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the immine

proves my point of last night that an early general election is now favourite, and the british medical association more doctors will go abroad . more doctors will go abroad. lord. but surely if we're spending huge amounts of public money training doctors, surgeons, consultants, shouldn't they actually be made to stay in this country indentured for a few years? i'll debate that with some doctors who may disagree . some doctors who may disagree. but first, let's get the news with ray allison . with ray allison. >> thanks, nigel. good evening. our top stories tonight. the prime minister has announced plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. dufing spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. during a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade. addressing troops in a military hangar, he also said the uk defence industry will be put on a war footing. mr sunak described the plans as the biggest strengthening of our national defence in a generation. >> as churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of war.

proves my point of last night that an early general election is now favourite, and the british medical associationo abroad . more doctors will go abroad. lord. but surely if we're spending huge amounts of public money training doctors, surgeons, consultants, shouldn't they actually be made to stay in this country indentured for a few years? i'll debate that with some doctors who may disagree .

in other news, the british medical association is urging rishi sunak to avoid using hostile language prime minister said 850,000 more people are out of work since the pandemic , and insists since the pandemic, and insists he's on a moral mission to fix the problem. the proposals, though, have been described as a full on assault on disabled people . rishi sunak recognised people. rishi sunak recognised he'll be accused lacking he'll be accused of lacking compassion , but insists the uk compassion, but insists the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> i'll spend £69 billion on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition. that's more than our entire schools budget, more than our transport budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget, and spending on personal independence payments alone. it's forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years. >> the prime minister is promising his rwanda safety bill will be passed on monday. rishi sunak couldn't confirm whether asylum flights would get off the grou

the british medical association is urging rishi sunak to avoid using hostile language on what he describeds sick note culture. during a major speech, the prime minister said 850,000 more people are out of work since the pandemic, and insists he's on a moral mission to fix the problem. the proposals, though, have been described as a full on assault on disabled people. rishi sunak recognised he'll be accused of lacking compassion, but insists the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> we now spend £69 billion on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition that's more than our entire schools budget , more than entire schools budget, more than our transport budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget and spending on personal independence payments alone. it's forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years, and the met police has apologised for causing further offence with an earlier apology about an officer's use of the terms. >> openly jewish to an anti—semitism campaigner who is near a pro—palestine

the british medical association is urging rishi sunak to avoid using hostile language on what he describedick note culture. dufing described as sick note culture. during a major speech, the prime minister said 850,000 more people are out of work since the pandemic, and insists he's on a moral mission to fix the problem. the proposals, though, have been described as a full assault on disabled people. rishi sunak recognised he'll be accused of lacking compassion, but insists the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> we now spend £69 billion on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition that's more than our entire schools budget , more than entire schools budget, more than our transport budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget, and spending on personal independence payments alone. it's forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years. >> the prime minister is promising his rwanda safety bill will be passed on monday. rishi sunak couldn't confirm whether asylum flights would get off the ground by hi

the british medical association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer , which isur of the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier this year. consultants have taken a strike action over the past year , adding to the nhs the past year, adding to the nhs waiting list which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . for the latest unresolved. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to . nana. back to. nana. >> thank you tatiana. it's fast approaching seven minutes after 6:00. i'm nana akua. this is a dewbs & co and co. well, joining dewbs& co and co. well, joining me until seven, my panel political commentator benedict spence, a visiting professor at staffordshire university. tom buick, is that right, tom? that's right. i've said it correctly. just making sure. right. well, don't forget, you can get in touch with us at gb views at gb news. com or on twitter or x at gb news. right before we get stuck into our stories of t

the british medical association is urging rishi sunak to avoid using hostile language on what he described since the pandemic, and insists he's on a moral mission to fix the problem. the proposals, though, have been described as a full on assault on disabled people. rishi sunak recognised he'll be accused of lacking compassion, but insists the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> we now spend £69 billion on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition that's more than our entire schools budget , more than entire schools budget, more than our transport budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget and spending on personal independence payments alone. it's forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years, and the met police has apologised for causing further offence with an earlier apology about an officer's use of the terms. >> openly jewish to an anti—semitism campaigner who is near a pro—palestine march , a near a pro—palestine march, a video clip posted on social media showed the moment gideon falt

well, he has faced criticism from a disability, a disability charity and the british medical associatione, darren grimes and the very lovely former labour adviser and writer scarlett mccgwire. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> fierce debate with these two. always great pairing . now, always a great pairing. now, scarlet rishi sunak has been accused of being a bit heartless with with this policy about you're all lazy, get back to work mental health isn't that bad. >> well, i, i worry about this. >> well, i, i worry about this. >> is that on the one hand, the daily mail. are you anxious? do you need a. on the one hand, the daily mail has a story about how somebody managed to get two sick notes by paying for them. right. and this wasn't from a gp. right. this is just. and there are there are scams and there's no question . and you need to no question. and you need to close the scams down. but actually , the problem with actually, the problem with mental illness is of course you can pull the, whatever you, you pull the wool over people's eyes and you can pretend to have it,

the british medical association put an offer on pay and conditions to its members and 83% voted in favourg this? let's let's discuss. and they're not the only ones going on strike either, are there's join me now is the there's more. join me now is the host saturday albie host of the saturday five albie amankona and former labour adviser mccgwire. adviser scarlett mccgwire. thank you for joining adviser scarlett mccgwire. thank you forjoining me on you so much forjoining me on a saturday afternoon. really appreciate your time, now we are talking strike. so the we consultants have settled. hurrah! thankfully nhs crisis over kidding folks. it's not junior doctors are again likely to go out on strike. we know that they've got a mandate to go on september. train on strike until september. train drivers strike again drivers are out on strike again and only this morning i think we have civil servants from the national statistics office going on strike over working from home. hey, let's all go on strike. not us. obviously. we're staying here. what do we make of this? i mean, alb, just this? i mea

the british medical association has complained and called what victoria atkins is doing a culture warchange their registered sex on demand, if they're men, to just say that they're women, and then they seem to think that that doctors desire to present as a member of the opposite sex is more important than the consent of the patient . i mean, consent of the patient. i mean, remember touching somebody intimately when they specifically refused you consent to do so? is sexual assault . to do so? is sexual assault. yeah. it is really, i mean, by that logic, essentially, women might have been sexually assaulted on the nhs for quite while. >> absolutely. yeah. i mean , we >> absolutely. yeah. i mean, we run single sex wards for a reason. this isn't me saying that i don't care about trans people's dignity as well. if you don't identify as your sex, you don't identify as your sex, you do have a difficulty in a hospital and they are going to have to work out what to do with you. but that can't override the needs of the great majority of people, in particular all women. the only way you can keep

and would an incoming labour government fold to the likes of the rmt and the british medical associationst fearless journalist in britain, former editor of the sun newspaper , owner and founder of newspaper, owner and founder of talksport radio, kelvin mackenzie kelvin. i think rishi sunak deserves some credit for standing his ground with the unions. would we see the same resolution in under labour? >> absolutely. wouldn't they will throw their hand in at 100 miles an hour. it'll be a shocking aspect of a, you know, hugely powerful labour government. so let's look at it one by one on the doctors, the consultants . it's no wonder they consultants. it's no wonder they settled. they got a 19% pay hike. we'd all settle for 19. many would settle for 9% or actually because it's a monopoly and they belong to a trade union, they can charge whatever they like and they can walk out. when the consultants walked out, that was a new low for, for even for the nhs. so the junior doctors are saying to themselves, right. well we've now got a sighting shot. we'll give up 35, but the minimum we'll go for i

. >> i mean, the british medical association has come out and has urged the prime minister to avoid usingin other quarters of lacking compassion in the way he talks about this. is that fair ? fair? >> i think it is fair that it's a bit rich , to be fair, to have, a bit rich, to be fair, to have, kind of damaged, health system to have not put enough money into building a decent health system, building a decent mental health support system. and then after you've done that, then to say, oh, well, yeah, you know, people are kind of using the sick note culture. if there's any culture about, it's because there isn't enough support there at an early enough stage for people to be able to understand whether they are truly sick or whether they are truly sick or whether they, you know, they can go on, what can they do ? where's go on, what can they do? where's the support? so i find it a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted and sort of blaming people for a situation that's been created effectively by the government. >> what about gps losing the power to administer these these

the british medical association says that 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer, whichaction over the past 12 months, adding to the nhs waiting list which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . new which remains unresolved. new powers to prevent disruptive protests come into force today, with offenders facing up to six months in prison or an unlimited fine. serious disruption prevention orders can be used to stop repeat offenders from joining protest groups in a particular area at particular times. home secretary james cleverly says these powers will target those who are dedicated to wreaking havoc . however, to wreaking havoc. however, civil liberties organisation liberty has described it as a shameless attempt to prevent people from being able to make their voices heard . well, parts their voices heard. well, parts of the country have no train services today due to a fresh strike by drivers . aslef union strike by drivers. aslef union members have walked out and mounted picket lines in their long running dispute over pay. five

. >> your mates in the british medical association, the militant union. think militant trade union.ember they're not a labour affiliated bma affiliated union and the bma stop trade unions stop most of these trade unions who strike are your who are on strike are your mates. only train drivers mates. only the train drivers and i hope they settle soon. if the spoke them the government spoke to them well, i mean, i mean, i think we need a really we need real reform nhs. and actually reform in the nhs. and actually wes labour's health wes streeting, labour's health spokesperson, has been talking this a very simple this morning about a very simple thing, i you thing, which is, i mean, you know, bev emma will know the know, bev and emma will know the red every kid the red book for every kid has the details of their vaccinations, etc. actually take that into etc. so actually take that into the century and put it online. >> how utterly hideous . yeah. >> how utterly hideous. yeah. >> how utterly hideous. yeah. >> how utterly hideous. yeah. >> how are you? i thought you of course i'm against

dr vivek trivedi from the british medical association, joins us now. good morning. one of many.2. we had from the financial times last year that one in seven uk trained doctors are leaving to practice abroad. and the end result of all of these reports is the same. patients are having to wait longer to access health care here because we simply don't have enough staff because this government is not creating a hospitable environment that doctors want to stay in. so hospitable environment that doctors want to stay in-_ want to stay in. so ultimately this is about how _ want to stay in. so ultimately this is about how many _ want to stay in. so ultimately this is about how many doctors - want to stay in. so ultimately this is about how many doctors there l want to stay in. so ultimately this - is about how many doctors there are. i'm looking at the statement we have had from the department of health and social care, who said... amongst other things, there are more than 5% more doctors working in the nhs than last year. do you accept that? i would have to look at those numbers. this i

you'll see medical book is an associate fellow at the british pink time, chatham house, and the motion of dc. i boss shaheed ahmed is senior diplomatic correspondent that how supposed he's come with us foreign policy since the obama administration signed to all 3 of you for joining us today. mohammed, let me stop with you. we have had literally decades of hostility on proxy attacks between israel and the wrong. but what has changed in recent hours? would you say that israel and iran and now at full well, 1st of all, the strikes last night against is rarely regime were very devastating. uranium, severely damaged to military bases. and the propaganda that we're seeing 24 hours a day and literally now and the western media about how little damage was. cause is because absolute nonsense, the ryans send many very cheap drones and old missiles as decoys. maybe a couple of $1000000.00 and is riley spent $1300000000.00 to down them. and then the main missiles all got through and struck the military bases. and this is there . any of these are so confident about themselves, and i guess today the

katy bramwell, , gp committee bramwell, steiner, gp committee chairwoman at the british medical said we've medical associationck, bringing our patients with us because patients want access to their family doctor and it's the only time they saw their patients. sorry, i can't say that the family doctor in a surgery that feels a well—resourced feels safe with a well—resourced team ready to meet the needs of our communities. okay, we will have to take her at her word. still to come . do you trust still to come. do you trust rishi sunak when he says that he'd be prepared to leave the echr? yes. all right. okay. and also whilst £0.30 li right when he was talking about children not being able to cook basic meals, reform uk star signing lee anderson . he joins me soon. lee anderson. he joins me soon. but next buckingham palace has thrown open its doors to the fee paying thrown open its doors to the fee paying public. i will reveal how much it costs, how you can get a ticket and then, crucially , have ticket and then, crucially, have the debate. look, should the pubuc the debate. look, should the public be made to pay