yeah, had to pat cullen had a long chat to pat cullen yesterday. secretary had a long chat to pat cullen ye thejay. the general secretary had a long chat to pat cullen ye the royal1e general secretary had a long chat to pat cullen ye the royal college al secretary had a long chat to pat cullen ye the royal college of secretary had a long chat to pat cullen ye the royal college of nurses.y of the royal college of nurses. you great she say she you did? yes. great she say she was. i mean, she's she's a you know, she's a very formidable woman. basically woman. and she was basically saying, we've got these saying, look, if we've got these strikes week, you have to strikes next week, you have to get table today get round the table today because put in place because hospitals put in place plums, patients put in place pens. you can't pull this at the last minute. so you need to get this sorted out today, tomorrow . this got to be not a big . this has got to be not a big fan of steve barclay, you know, but i've but i think it's what i've noficedis but i thin

pat cullen, the general secretary of the rcn, has said that offered some optimism, a slight shift in if he could meet them around the table, that she would be willing to sit down and discuss pay going forward. but the government is looking at the year ahead, so for 2023—24, whereas unions say the current pay settlement is what is up for debate right now, and if they can�*t address that then the strikes will still go ahead. two days of walk—outs for nurses planned for the 18th and the 19th, and we also have ambulance strikes on wednesday this week. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa. the nhs pay review body is an independent organisation, which advises the government on health service salaries. jerry cope used to chair it and hejoins me now. we talk about this review body as being an independent review body. i wonder if you could give us an insight into how they decide the rate of the salaries and how it is made up. how independent is it? i will deal with the independent bit first. it is fiercely independent. and all the members of the review body value their independence. it

do you think pat cullen to bring the pat cullen start to bring the government i said some of governmentarticularly for example, empty and for example, they are empty and there's not necessarily been ministers, i have to say. but what about a what talking about with a minimum service bill is making sure if you phone an ambulance on a strike, you can expect one to turn up that not much to ask for the taxpayer general public. that's why it's a one people and poll support this proposition and i'm absolutely staggered at labour have walked into this chap coordinated and orchestrated by their union barons and then not support and it's absolutely ridiculous who would it apply to would apply it to nurses would you apply it to junior doctors or is it just blue light ambulances? where you draw the line? well, that's technicality, of course, a big technicality, of course, a big technicality , isn't that? that's technicality, isn't that? that's in the bill. and two days ago, the business laid down how the bill would work. it's formulaic . essentially, the detail comes . later we are discussing the

the options general secretary, pat cullen , has told rishi sunak to cullen, has told rishi sunak to meetalfway to ensure the industrial action this month. doesn't go ahead. the union also says it's willing to consider a 10% pay rise rather than 19. shadow health secretary wes streeting told us they expect the government to down and negotiate . fight. i did have to negotiate. fight. i did have to say to the nurses, however much , say to the nurses, however much i , say to the nurses, however much , i totally sympathise their pay claim. we would i would cannot in all honesty commit to say if i was in government today, i'd be able to give the 19. but we did say. we would sit down and negotiate. i think that's what the government should do. the director of orthodox conservatives robertson says the government needs to listen to conservatives robertson says the the people on the ground who know the challenges and where the money should be spent. i think lot of the problem with what's on is that it is what's going on is that it is very is speaking from a top down perspective. they're not lookin

so it's a mixed picture across the uk, but you would think, as pat cullen has indicated, they would meeteen a lot of smoke and mirrors. a major disaster has been declared in california, where a series of severe storms has prompted president biden to send aid from the federal government. at least 19 people have died in the storms. our correspondent sophie long reports. frantic efforts to protect homes from further flooding. if we didn't get this done today, we would have lost our house. jeff bailey's wife and young children evacuated. he stayed to protect their home. it's been hard. my wife has been bringing them over, up at the top of the hill, and i've been giving them hugs and kisses and telling them how much i love them. but, you know, we all have to process it. sorry, it's the first time i've become emotional. so, yeah, you know, we're safe, we're surviving, and we'll just keep going forward. across california, after three weeks of almost continuous catastrophic downpours, rain is the last thing people here need. and yet, it keeps coming. widespread flooding is getting worse and road

so it is a mixed picture across the uk, but would think that is pat cullen has indicated, they wouldt side of things is in that so far, there has been a lot of smoke and mirrors, in that there has been talk of doors being opened, there was a meeting of course last monday which was hastily organised. again, there seems to be a softening of position, according to the unions, in describing what the government was saying. but again, nothing really that would actually find a solution.— nothing really that would actually find a solution. steve ford, editor ofthe find a solution. steve ford, editor of the nursing _ find a solution. steve ford, editor of the nursing times, _ find a solution. steve ford, editor of the nursing times, thank - find a solution. steve ford, editor of the nursing times, thank you. | the labour leader sir keir starmer says he believes 16—year—olds are too young to change their legally—recognised gender. he said he had concerns about the scottish government's planned reforms of the law to allow a change to happen without the need for medical diagnosis. but sir keir s

just in terms of when it comes to the talks we are expecting tomorrow, we heard pat cullen earlier onetary of the royal college of nursing, saying that she will not be at these talks. if she is not at these talks, i just wonder why she wouldn't be at the talks. it is crucial for her to have a seat at the table, surely. as i understand it they will not discuss pay directly tomorrow. the government are continuing to say that pay will be determined by the independent, says he, getting that in again, independent pay review body. and therefore, what they are talking about is, in a way, how the evidence will be presented to the pay review body. interestingly, general secretaries don't always take a direct hands—on approach to pay negotiations. this is across quite a number of sectors, in the same way that ministers don't take hands—on. they leave it to people who understand how pay systems work. jerry cope, a former chair of the nhs pay review body speaking to me earlier. for the first time in nearly three years, china has lifted quarantine rules for people arriving from abroad. it's the fi

the nurses leader pat cullen came to meet those on the wigan picket line.n of a breakthrough in pay talks, she says ministers need to recognise the depth of feeling among her members. this government needs to start to listen to the voice of the patient and the voice of nursing. come on the picket lines, is what i would say to them today. get their warm coats on them and stand amongst these brilliant people. and i think they will go back into their offices and make different decisions. they will make better decisions on behalf of the people of this country and on behalf of these nurses. today's strike is bigger in scale than the two days of industrial action we saw back in december. affecting probably one in four hospitals and community services in england over the next two days. but health leaders are warning that in the absence of a pay deal, it's the patients who will get caught in a prolonged war of attrition between the government and the health unions. the nurses in wigan are clear about who they think holds the keys to unlocking this dispute. but spea

pat cullen, the general secretary of the rcn, has said offered some the rcn, has said that offered someem around the table, that she would be willing to sit down and discuss pay going forward. but the government is looking at the year ahead, so full 2023—24, whereas unions say the current pay settlement is what is up for debate, and if they can�*t address that and then the strikes will still go ahead. two days of walk—outs for nurses planned for the 18th and the 19th, and we also have ambulance strikes on wednesday this week. find strikes on wednesday this week. and tomorrow we have talks. what do we know about them? the tomorrow we have talks. what do we know about them?— know about them? the health secretary has _ know about them? the health secretary has written - know about them? the health secretary has written to - know about them? the health | secretary has written to unions know about them? the health . secretary has written to unions to come and discuss pay, looking ahead to the next financial year, writing in the telegraph today he said he would want to see efficiencies and ref

the rcn general secretary pat cullen has told rishi sunak to meet her halfway to the industrial action this month . industrial action this month. doesn't go ahead. the union also says it's willing to consider a 10% pay rise rather than 19. shadow health secretary wes streeting told us they expect the government to sit down and negotiate . but i did have to say negotiate. but i did have to say to the nurses, however much i totally sympathise with their pay totally sympathise with their pay claim. we would i would concur on, in all honesty, to say if i was in government today, i'd be able to give the 19. but we did say we would sit down and negotiate. i think that's what the government should do. director of orthodox conservative joseph robinson says the government needs to listen to the people on the ground who know the challenges and where the money should be spent. i think a lot of the problem with what's going on is that it problem with what's going on is thatitis problem with what's going on is that it is very is speaking from a top down perspective. they're not looking at experienc

pat cullen, the rcn action. rcn secretary saying the strike action by today is a modest escalation from that december . a escalation from that december. a sharp increase in escalation three weeks from now. as we know, there's going to be more strikes heading into the next month. she also said that people aren't because are aren't dying because are striking. nurses are striking because people are dying . but in because people are dying. but in terms of the care that patients can receive, we heard rea talking that the cnn and the nhs say that they are committed to agreed to staff chemotherapy, emergency cancer services , emergency cancer services, dialysis critical care units as well. those stuff in a&e , a well. those stuff in a&e, a working traditional kind of christmas day stall shift. but this is going to have an impact on people trying to get care and trying to get treatment. today, we know from the december strikes around 30,000 appointments had to be rescheduled . and as we head into rescheduled. and as we

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earlier, the royal of nursing general secretary pat cullen urged downing street to meet union halfway secretary wes streeting told us the government should negotiate. i'm afraid i did have to say to the nurses. however much totally sympathise with their pay claim. we would. i would in all honesty commit to say if i was in government today, i'd be able to give the % today, i'd be able to give the% but we did say we would sit down and negotiate. i think that's what government should do. yes wes streeting now, meanwhile, health minister maria caulfield told gb news she agrees with the prime minister that the nhs is facing more pressure this winter. is seeing twin demick of both covid and flu we're seeing over 50% increase the number over 50% increase in the number of in with flu at the moment. that has a knock on effect if beds aren't available a&e, beds aren't available for a&e, which leads to the waits which leads to the long waits which leads to the long waits which you describe and has a knock on on ambulances knock on effect on ambulances stuck trying to their stuck at a&e trying to

i think pat cullen, who leads the royal college of nursing, offered to actually off the strike actuallyristmas if the government would only sit down and talk about pay. you've got nothing lose and you're nothing to lose and you're giving me a figure. nothing to lose and you're giving me a figure . just give me giving me a figure. just give me a figure. the criticism of that soundeeis a figure. the criticism of that soundbite is no substance . so soundbite is no substance. so come on, give me a figure. how many percentage points rise? would you give to nurses in their pay packet? it's a simple question . well, i think i think question. well, i think i think i think i'd lose my job if i gave you a figure live on air. camilla, i think it said very clearly this morning that we don't expect the government to negotiate live on air to and pluck figures of the air. we pluck figures out of the air. we do them down, to do expect them to sit down, to negotiate. i do understand the pressure that nurses are under. the junior doctors under. the junior doctors are under. i have , i going have to say,

i'm it's interesting, you know, i was reading that pat cullen general secretary of the royal college nursing saying that yesterday she was at her lowest ebb, was really just ebb, that she was really just despairing, that they were having this it having to take this action. it was heartbreaking nurses was heartbreaking that nurses were strike and the were going on strike and the general public are nurses general public are on the nurses side. the polling side. that's what the polling shows. public support, shows. general public support, what doing. and yet what nurses are doing. and yet if you put yourself in the if you can put yourself in the shoes of the chancellor, the chancellor who's inherited this terrible financial situation, post—war for everything that's happening in ukraine, trying to balance the books. we've got taxes at the highest they've beenin taxes at the highest they've been in 70 years. he says that inflation the single biggest inflation is the single biggest enemy those people who are enemy of those people who are going industrial action going out on industrial acti

general secretary pat cullen is urging the prime minister and, the health secretary, to the the healthecretary, to do the decent ahead planned decent thing ahead of planned strikes later this month . petrol strikes later this month. petrol retailers are being criticised for failing to reduce prices last month in line with wholesale fuel costs. the prices say the average price of petrol fell by 8.4 pence per litre when . it could have been cut by $0.11 and diesel dropped by 9.4 pence per litre when should have been $0.14? they're calling on the big four supermarkets to give drivers a fairer deal when they fill . ukraine is calling they fill. ukraine is calling president putin for a 36 hour ceasefire, a trade they claim moscow will use the time , moscow will use the time, regroup their forces. key points the kremlin's troops to leave occupied territories before a temporary truce can even happen. the ceasefire is set start around noon today. the ceasefire is set start around noon today . our around noon today. our harry and william begged charles not to marry camilla after the death of di

quote, something is wrong with your budgeting , pat cullen? you your budgeting, pat cullen?nursing, obviously, she happy she called the comments disgusting, heartless and dangerously of touch. nearly one in five nurses who come on the starting salary of around £27,000 who are newly qualified, claim have used a food. in claim to have used a food. in a survey published in october, clark michael also clark successor michael also weighed in on the outlook. i know what . the individual know what. the individual concerned was trying to say. i'm know that he's a very good hearted and generous minded person. but i think in the phraseology the wrong message came across. but kellogg has found support in the shape of fellow tory mp and friend of our lee anderson after declaring knew of constituents who earn less but , are knew of constituents who earn less but, are able to budget well be well enough to be self—sufficient. lee tweeted a photo staff member, katie, photo of a staff member, katie, who has twitter gleefully mocked his in debt and on less his single in debt and on less than

quote, something is wrong with your budgeting , pat cullen? you your budgeting, pat cullen?nursing, obviously, she happy she called the comments disgusting, heartless and dangerously of touch. nearly one in five nurses who come on the starting salary of around £27,000 who are newly qualified, claim have used a food. in claim to have used a food. in a survey published in october, clark michael also clark successor michael also weighed in on the outlook. i know what . the individual know what. the individual concerned was trying to say. i'm know that he's a very good hearted and generous minded person. but i think in the phraseology the wrong message came across. but kellogg has found support in the shape of fellow tory mp and friend of our lee anderson after declaring knew of constituents who earn less but , are knew of constituents who earn less but, are able to budget well be well enough to be self—sufficient. lee tweeted a photo staff member, katie, photo of a staff member, katie, who has twitter gleefully mocked his in debt and on less his single in debt and on less than

serious now will be the largest in the world, according to the secretary of the royal college of pat cullening. yes. pat pat cullen has rishi singh, prime minister , that unless the government is willing talk seriously about willing to talk seriously about pay willing to talk seriously about pay the on january the 18th and 19th will go . this follows on 19th will go. this follows on from yesterday's nhs recovery forum, which saw experts gathering in downing street with the prime minister to try to find solutions to the crisis . find solutions to the crisis. well, let's speak now to the director , orthodox director, orthodox conservatives, joseph robertson, who joins us in the studio with us now. joseph, thank you for joining us. and as this forum yesterday called, an emergency forum held on a saturday morning and now we're hearing that it's going to be bold, radical action, but no detail yet. well one of the problems, isn't it? i was it worried when i hear the term reform, because there's been, you know, over dozen phase crisis management things in the last 30 years talking about the nhs an

rcn general secretary pat cullen credits pressure from nurses as being to negotiations . rishi being to negotiations. rishi sunak has spoken of his ambition to . send a squadron of british to. send a squadron of british tanks to help ukraine take back terrible tory lost to russian forces . speaking with president forces. speaking with president zelenskyy this morning, he pledged to supply challenger 2 battles tanks alongside , battles tanks alongside, additional artillery systems . additional artillery systems. the decision makes the uk first western power to supply battle tanks to the country . labour tanks to the country. labour says the government has its fullest backing for sending military aid to ukraine. plans to house hundred asylum seekers in a small village near northampton have now dropped by the home office . residents had the home office. residents had objected to using the 17th century highgate house hotel in crete in which has a population of just 520. james hill is the chairman of the local parish council . he chairman of the local parish council. he told u

rcn general pat cullen credits pressure from nurses as being key to negotiations . nurses as being key to negotiations. rishi sunak has of his ambition to send squadron of british tanks to help take back territory lost to russian forces. speaking with president zelenskyy this morning, he pledged to supply challenger to battle tanks alongside additional artillery systems. the decision makes the uk the first western power to supply main battle tanks to the country .labour main battle tanks to the country . labour says the government has its fullest for sending military aid to ukraine. plans to house 400 asylum seekers in a smooth near northampton have now been dropped by the home office . dropped by the home office. residents had objected to using the 17th century highgate house hotel and created , which has a hotel and created, which has a population of just hundred and 20. james hill is the chairman of the local parish council. he told us residents were against the scheme . we. a village of 520 the scheme. we. a village of 520 people and the prospect of 400 people a

the rcn general secretary pat cullen has told rishi sunak to meet her halfway to ensure the industrial't go ahead . action month doesn't go ahead. the union also says it's willing to a 10% pay rise rather than 19% shadow health sector wes streeting told us they expect the government to sit down and. i'm afraid i did. the government to sit down and. i'm afraid i did . to say to the i'm afraid i did. to say to the nurses , however much nurses, however much i sympathise with their pay claim , we would i would call on all honesty to say if i was in government today, i'd be able to give the 19. but we did say we would sit down and negotiate. i think that's what the government should do . the director of should do. the director of orthodox conservatives joseph robertson . the government needs robertson. the government needs to listen to people on the ground who know the challenges and where the money should be spent. i think a lot of the problem with what's going on is that it problem with what's going on is thatitis problem with what's going on is that it is speaking from a top down perspec

in the last few minutes, the rcn general secretary pat cullen has arrived here to give her support toffers made. health leaders are immensely concerned that greater disruption to an even more fragile nhs, they're urging both sides to get together and find a resolution. katharine da costa of there. mass strikes and protests are under way in france in response to president's macron's plan to raise the age of retirement by two years, to 64. public transport has been badly hit and many schools are closed. large demonstrations drawing tens of thousands, like this in marseilles — are expected across the country. p&o ferry services to and from calais and dover have been suspended until 2pm today because of the strikes in france. an aristocrat whose estranged daughter has gone missing with her partner and their newborn baby has appealed for her to contact police. constance marten has been missing for almost two weeks with her partner who served 20 years injail in the us for rape. sean dilley has the details have you seen mark gordon or constance marten? police say they could be anywhere in th

well i'm keen to have dialogue with pat cullen and the osi and i wrote to them last week looking at the coming at the pressures from inflation and cost of living how we could work together to make any settlement more affordable in terms of looking at what productivity opportunities that are, what efficiency opportunities all because there's common ground in recognising housing that the nhs is under pressure and we need to respond to that . the average respond to that. the average price in the uk fell for fourth consecutive month into last month. prices dropped by 1.5% compared to november which means the average house price now at just over £281,000. halifax also uncertainty over the cost living crisis and rising interest rates are slowing . the housing market. are slowing. the housing market. ciao will around are slowing. the housing market. ciao will aroun d £1.7 billion in ciao will around £1.7 billion in uk and eu windfall for the final quarter of year. the oil giant says it will face a hit to earnings because of the increase . duke energy profits levy and additional eu taxes. in .

the union's general secretary, pat cullen, told a times radio podcast that the health secretary shouldt on strike twice in december, and more walk outs are planned. train passengers are facing disruption again today as rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48—hour strike this week. 0nly around 20% of britain's usual services are expected to run during the action. yesterday, ministers said they would introduce new leglisation, which would allow employers to sue unions if they didn't provide minimum levels of public service during strikes. speaking on the picket line at euston station in central london, mick lynch the general secretary of the rmt union gave our reporter hannah miller his response to the proposed new laws. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they've lost the argument on austerity and pay, the state of our national public services. and instead, they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly—funded services. so, will you comply with it? well, we don't know what it wil

edging the whole news thing and basically said that he was open to now talking about their wages now pat cullenho's the general of the royal college of nurses before christmas they were she was called in meet the government and basically they haven't they didn't they every she's heard or an interview issues it's really frustrate it after she's like every time she brought up pay they just refused actually with her in any actually engage with her in any about it and it seemed like they were trying to pretend oh yeah look the nurses in and look we've the nurses in and we've charged but that's we've charged them but that's not chat about what not they didn't chat about what they about now they needed to talk about now we've through being we've been through chris being for the strikes now it for the letter strikes now it seems like they are open to seems like they are more open to it. big going to are they it. the big going to be are they willing to talk about they're definitely open to 2324 is what they're saying. but are they open to talk about year and this might be their way of fudging it a go.

secretary wes streeting says he thinks unions, particularly the royal college of nursing and its leader pat cullen ministers. i think she has shown a degree of reasonableness in the face of government unreasonableness. i think we all— government unreasonableness. i think we all know_ government unreasonableness. i think we all know what nurses do for us. i think_ we all know what nurses do for us. i think we _ we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all— we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all want to be there for nurses— think we all want to be there for nurses now and the least the government can do is treat them with respect _ government can do is treat them with respect and _ government can do is treat them with respect and get them round the table _ respect and get them round the table as— respect and get them round the table. as for this nonsense they are planning _ table. as for this nonsense they are planning to— table. as for this nonsense they are planning to float in the house of commons — planning to float in the house of commons i think next week where they are threate

edging the whole news thing and basically said that he was open to now talking about their wages now pat cullenho's the general of the royal college of nurses before christmas they were she was called in meet the government and basically they haven't they didn't they every she's heard or an interview issues it's really frustrate it after she's like every time she brought up pay they just refused actually with her in any actually engage with her in any about it and it seemed like they were trying to pretend oh yeah look the nurses in and look we've the nurses in and we've charged but that's we've charged them but that's not chat about what not they didn't chat about what they about now they needed to talk about now we've through being we've been through chris being for the strikes now it for the letter strikes now it seems like they are open to seems like they are more open to it. big going to are they it. the big going to be are they willing to talk about they're definitely open to 2324 is what they're saying. but are they open to talk about year and this might be their way of fudging it a go.

pat cullen, who's senior strike.he royal college of nurses , said that she's open of nurses, said that she's open to negotiate and what it means is basically the pm is looking at offering a one off cash payment to nurses and the lower paid medical staff to get them this this winter and then hopefully start negotiations again for the 2023, 2024 period because they're not going to go back and negotiate with last yeah back and negotiate with last year. so in theory, it's good news for everybody. the second story in the times is slightly more worrying is immediate . more worrying is immediate. something needs to be done immediately with people bed blocking and i hate that phrase in hospitals. so the nhs will put elderly into hotels to put the elderly into hotels to up beds. this is a £200 million package going to be announced to put elderly and people on medical fit. but there's not enough care home to be discharged into are either private health care hospitals or to hospitals or to hotels. we just can't put them hotels

we will have pat cullen from the rcn here at around 7:30am. drivers�* union, aslef, has announced two days of strikes next month. the action on the 1st and 3rd of february will affect 15 rail companies. train drivers who are members of the rmt union will also be striking on the same days. staff at 150 uk universities will also take industrial action on the 1st of february, the university and college union has announced. it's the first of 18 strike days planned in february and march, the other 17 will be confirmed next week. the union, which held strikes in november, rejected a pay offer last week. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says the row over gender recognition laws will inevitably end up in court. holyrood passed a bill which would have made it quicker and easierfor trans people to legally change sex, but this was blocked by the westminster government who said it could affect equalities legislation. let's get more on this now with our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. hello, nick. this has the potential of quite a lon

the royal college of nursing general secretary and chief executive pat cullen said.he nhs. the only credible solution is to address the tens of thousands of unfilled jobs. patient care is suffering like never before. 12 hours each time, affecting 73 nhs trusts in england and six welsh health trust boards. nurses in england will affect 55 trusts and december where the fee for the stage to these walk—outs, it was 44. and they are arguing and escalating it each time as the dispute remains unresolved and another health union, they will announce shortly more strike dates by ambulance staff. so, not really any sense of progress since talks last week involving ministers and unions and it appears that health ministers in england will try to work on a possible deal whereby next years pay award, it will include a backdating of one single payment to cover the last few months. but there's no sign at this stage of the treasury agreeing to that. police in romania are expanding their investigation into the social media influencer andrew tate. they've seized a fleet of luxury cars f

the nurses leader pat cullen came to meet those on the wigan picket line.little sign of a breakthrough in pay talks, she says ministers need to recognise the depth of feeling among her members. this government needs to start to listen to the voice of the patient and the voice of nursing. come on the picket lines, is what i would say to them today. get their warm coats on them and stand amongst these brilliant people. and i think they will go back into their offices and make different decisions. they will make better decisions on behalf of the people of this country and on behalf of these nurses. today's strike is bigger in scale than the two days of industrial action we saw back in december. affecting probably one in four hospitals and community services in england over the next two days. but health leaders are warning that in the absence of a pay deal, it's the patients who will get caught in a prolonged war of attrition between the government and the health unions. the nurses in wigan are clear about who they think holds the keys to unlocking this dispute

in the last few minutes the rcn general secretary pat cullen has arrived here to give her support to have to create sufficient disruption for people to take notice but your members are drawn to a caring profession? t members are drawn to a caring profession?— members are drawn to a caring rofession? ~ , .,, profession? i think it is the most difficult profession? ! think it is the most difficult professional— profession? i think it is the most difficult professional decision - profession? i think it is the most difficult professional decision a l difficult professional decision a registered nurse and the support workers have to make, and our history of 106 years of no strikes in england, wales and scotland, it speaks for itself. nurses, members of the royal college of nursing, they want to be doing what they do so well, and that is looking after people and they do not want to be out on picket lines. it has been an immensely difficult decision for each and every one of them. iloathed each and every one of them. what im act is each and every one of them. what impact is the _ each and e

well i'm keen to have dialogue with pat cullen and osi and i wrote to them last week looking at the coming year and the pressures from inflation and cost of living, how we could work together to make any settlement more affordable in terms looking at what productivity opportunities there are, what efficiency opportunities , all efficiency opportunities, all because there's common ground in recognising that the nhs is under pressure and we need to respond to that . the average respond to that. the average house in the uk fell for a fourth consecutive month december. last month's prices dropped by 1.5, but compared to november means the average house price is now just ove r £281,000. price is now just over £281,000. halifax though says uncertainty over the cost living crisis and rising interest rates are slowing . housing market shell slowing. housing market shell will pay around slowing. housing market shell will pay aroun d £1.7 billion in will pay around £1.7 billion in uk and eu windfall for the final quarter of last year. the oil giant says will face a hit to earnings because of the inc

to match any nhs pay increase in england higher rcn england if its higher rcn general secretary pat cullendits pressure from nurses as being key to negotiations . plans being key to negotiations. plans to house 400 asylum seekers in a small village near northampton have now been dropped by the home office . residents had home office. residents had objected to using the 17th century highgate house hotel in crichton, which has a population of just over 500. james hale is the chairman of creighton parish council. he told us why residents were against the scheme. we are village of 520 people and the prospect of 400 people and the prospect of 400 people coming to live here without occupation or activities to keep them occupied without proper access to local services . we've we felt that was uncertain , attainable for us as uncertain, attainable for us as a community and also for the local area . romanian authorities local area. romanian authorities have seized luxury cars from andrew tate's property as part of a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking. the social media influencer and hi

to match any nhs pay increase in england higher rcn england if its higher rcn general secretary pat cullenredits pressure from nurses as being key to negotiations . plans being key to negotiations. plans to house 400 asylum seekers in a small village near northampton have now been dropped by the home office . residents had home office. residents had objected to using the 17th century highgate house hotel in crichton, which has a population of just over 500. james hale is the chairman of creighton parish council. he told us why residents were against the scheme. we are village of 520 people and the prospect of 400 people and the prospect of 400 people coming to live here without occupation or activities to keep them occupied without proper access to local services . we've we felt that was uncertain , attainable for us as uncertain, attainable for us as a community and also for the local area . romanian authorities local area. romanian authorities have seized luxury cars from andrew tate's property as part of a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking. the social media influencer and

the nursing union leader pat cullen has this morning warned rishi sunak , morning warned rishi sunak,o negotiate over pay . as mr. sunak prepares over pay. as mr. sunak prepares to host an emergency nhs summit at number 10, a former health secretary gives us his prince harry's admission , killing 20 harry's admission, killing 20 firefighters in afghanistan has caused concern in the military community. while the taliban leader called it a crime against humanity. has harry put the security of the royal family at risk? and did he really have second thoughts about publishing that book ? and it's the final that book? and it's the final day of the current round of industrial action on the railways. but with more strikes likely later in the new, how much damage has already been done to communities and regions cut off from the. and as ever you can join in on any of our discussions this morning by emailing gb views at gb news dot uk. lots of you have been doing so throughout the morning. we're going to be sharing them with you in the next hour. going to be sharing them with you in the next hou

rcn general secretary pat cullen credits pressure from nurses as being key to successful negotiate optionson of tanks to help ukraine take back territory lost to russian forces . according to the sun forces. according to the sun newspaper . the prime minister newspaper. the prime minister will tell president zelenskyy today that the army will immediate the supply route for challenger to battle tanks with eight more to follow . the eight more to follow. the decision makes the uk the first western power to supply main battle tanks to the country . battle tanks to the country. plans to house 400 asylum seekers in a small village near northampton have now been dropped by the home office . dropped by the home office. residents had objected to using the 17th century highgate house hotel in britain, which has a population of just 520. opposition to the plans have been led by northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris. james hill is the chairman of crete and parish council. he told us why residents were against the scheme where a village of 520 people and the prospect of 400 people coming to l

if you remember, pat cullen of her meeting cullen came out of her meeting with barclay.rious they wouldn't talk about pay- furious they wouldn't talk about pay. has pay. well, rishi sunak has summoned bosses to summoned major union bosses to resolve the strike action across the later this week. do you the uk. later this week. do you have any tony would take this idea that he's talking about maybe giving them a one off pay moment, nurses some very moment, the nurses some very strange do isn't it. well, strange thing do isn't it. well, i think it's , it's two things i think it's, it's two things isn't it. it's a shut up payment . yeah. shut up and get on with it. payment and i think it. payment and also i think that really that people are really struggling to bills struggling to pay their bills and to pay their mortgages to and to pay their mortgages to and because we have a cost and live because we have a cost of lockdown crisis going in of lockdown crisis going on in britain. in the world britain. the moment in the world has cost lockdown crisis has a cost of lockdown cr

post to university, i was called post for pa if i was local for pa that if you i was local post pat cullen the post did have a black and white solo on in a now i've set a bicycle that was adequate anything unusual or surprising happened to you when were on your delivery? i was not propositioned any. was disappointing . oh, he wasn't on disappointing. oh, he wasn't on my round that you get accosted by any dogs or anything like that. oh many times. yeah. and that. oh many times. yeah. and that , that was a learning curve that, that was a learning curve definitely. i'll post these do a great job and they're very, they're very under—appreciated but post back back on topic that's the nhs. i just wonder you know is it death by a thousand cuts. is there any concern because fundamentally right we've got to we've got a human right haven't we, this human right haven't we, in this country into any if an country to go into any if an emergency. and i just worry that if we agree to this , the if we agree to this, the authorities will say, wait a minute, no, you're be on minute, no, no, you're to be on v

post to university, i was called post for pa if i was local for pa that if you i was local post pat cullen the post did have a black and white solo on in a now i've set a bicycle that was adequate anything unusual or surprising happened to you when were on your delivery? i was not propositioned any. was disappointing . oh, he wasn't on disappointing. oh, he wasn't on my round that you get accosted by any dogs or anything like that. oh many times. yeah. and that. oh many times. yeah. and that , that was a learning curve that, that was a learning curve definitely. i'll post these do a great job and they're very, they're very under—appreciated but post back back on topic that's the nhs. i just wonder you know is it death by a thousand cuts. is there any concern because fundamentally right we've got to we've got a human right haven't we, this human right haven't we, in this country into any if an country to go into any if an emergency. and i just worry that if we agree to this , the if we agree to this, the authorities will say, wait a minute, no, you're be on minute, no, no, you're to be on v

secretary wes streeting says he thinks unions, particularly the royal college of nursing and its leader pat cullenown a degree of reasonableness in the face of government unreasonableness. i think we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all want to be there for nurses now and the least the government can do is treat them with respect and get them round the table. as for this nonsense they are planning to float in the house of commons i think next week where they are threatening to sack nurses if they go on strike, with their sack the nurses bill, let's knock that on the head, treat them with respect, get them round the table and negotiate a deal that's fair for nurses, understands the state of the public finances, but also give people a sense of hope in the future of the nhs as well, whether that's patients worried about treatment or staff who want to see light at the end of the tunnel as well. that's the opposition view. the government is saying, let's get round the table and talk. i think partly that's what today is about, being seen to be prepared to have conversation about these things.

the union's general secretary, pat cullen, told a times radio podcast that the health secretary shouldd 48—hour strike this week. only around 20 percent of britain's usual services are expected to run during the action. yesterday, ministers said they would introduce new leglisation, which would allow employers to sue unions if they didn't provide minimum levels of public service during strikes. the prime minister says the government wants to find a solution to the ongoing strikes. rishi sunak�*s also discussed his government's planned anti—strike legislation, which could see unions sued if they do not provide minimum levels of service in certain sectors. we have said we want to have a grown—up honest conversation with all union leaders about what is responsible, what is reasonable, what is affordable for our country when it comes to pay. we think that those conversations should happen. that is why we have invited everyone in travel stocks on monday. we look forward to those talks being constructive. i fully believe in the role of the unions in our society and the freedom of them to str

and of course pat cullen and steve barclay as well.es seem to be a sign that the government is prepared to blink in order to keep some tory backbenchers happy and to show that, you know, they're not caving to the unions. rishi sunak in sunak was written in conservativehome morning conservativehome this morning talking about the legislation which talked about over which is being talked about over and over again, which curtail strikers rights . it seems that strikers rights. it seems that that's going be brought that's going to be brought forward but we have forward this week, but we have very on exactly what it's very little on exactly what it's going to involve. but yes, this does seem to be the beginning of the of the strikes the end of the strikes this morning. mean, it's a way is morning. i mean, it's a way is it for sides to face a it for both sides to face a little bit. the idea of a lump sum payment the government not giving in to pay rise, as it giving in to the pay rise, as it were . however, it's still to were. however, it's s

we have the lead off the nurses' union, pat cullen.doesn't sound like it is a day to get about. stick the television, get a cup of tea. �* , , ., , tea. it'll be interesting to see what the prime _ tea. it'll be interesting to see what the prime minister - tea. it'll be interesting to see what the prime minister says| tea. it'll be interesting to see - what the prime minister says about private healthcare. the relentless march of the big supermarkets means village shops are a dying breed, but don't write them all offjust yet. jenny ward has been running her store in lincolnshire for the last 50 years and she has no plans to retire any time soon. jo makel went to meet her. it was a year when alvin stardust released this... # memories... barbra streisand was falling in love with robert redford and a first hapless husband appeared on tv. who the hail are you? iam who the hail are you? i am frank, who the hail are you? iam frank, frank who the hail are you? i am frank, frank spencer. who the hail are you? iam frank, frank spencer. find who

because i heard pat cullen on the ground yesterday, general yesterday, the general secretary, about yesterdaythe general secrewe're about yesterday, the general secrewe're fighting about yesterday, the general secrewe're fighting to about yesterday, the general secrewe're fighting to get about yesterday, the general secrewe're fighting to get moret how we're fighting to get more staff to start fighting to get a minimum set of cover. yeah she wasn't talking about the pay. yeah i think that's it. we want to make the point that actually the nhs is under pressure just generally and you've got to put some money into it, you've got to in i mean, we know to invest in it. i mean, we know it a bottomless pit and the it is a bottomless pit and the jobs that could be got rid of. know we all know the kind of made title that a lot of made up title jobs that a lot of people think actually are people think actually why are you into those you putting money into those jobs? them into the jobs? put them into the frontline? think do frontline? i think people do need get a grip on need to kind of get a grip on t

and he now such a terrible relationship with cullen, the head of with the pat cullen, the head of themove forward with this. was pushing the this. he was pushing the position he's thought position because he's thought of as bulldog he as a big political bulldog he was brexit. he knows how to play it tough . but perhaps at this it tough. but perhaps at this point you don't really want someone playing it tough. so tncky someone playing it tough. so tricky to see how those relationships will evolve. olivia utley thanks to you insights on why we should now. the duke of sussex has claimed that he wants to reconcile with the king and the prince of wales. in a trailer for an interview to be broadcast this sunday. it comes ahead of the release his much anticipated release of his much anticipated memoir, published week memoir, spare, published a week today here's we can expect today. here's what we can expect . needed to be this way. the leaking and the planting. i want a family, not an institution . a family, not an institution. they feel as though it's better to keep us somehow as the villai