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Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan told BBC Newsnight VAT should be halved to ease mounting pressure on the hospitality industry.
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Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan told BBC Newsnight VAT should be halved to ease mounting pressure on the hospitality industry.
An invite has gone to staff at the Care Quality Commission, which is responsible for regulating all health and social care services in England: “When: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London Where: Room 1B, 2 Redman Place, Stratford Office and by MS Teams Category: LGBT+ About this…

British Medical Association resident doctor members in England announce new strike for four days from 15 June.

British Medical Association resident doctor members in England announce new strike for four days from 15 June.

BMA blames new health secretary for decision to stage 16th strike in long-running jobs and pay dispute UK politics live – latest updates Resident doctors in England will next month stage the 16th strike in their long-running jobs and pay dispute and blamed the new health secretary for their decision. They will strike for four days from 7am on Monday 15 June until 6.59am on Friday 19 June. Continue reading...
Junior doctors will strike again in June from the 15th to the 19th – their 16th round of industrial action – after the BMA rejected a pay deal following talks with new Health Secretary James Murray. The rejected offer would have left doctors 35% better off than four years ago, with the most senior juniors…

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says doctors should routinely check on screen time and social media use when seeing younger patients.

Radiologists say ‘ballooning’ costs reflect staffing failures, forcing a reliance on lower-quality private scan reports The NHS is paying private firms record sums to analyse diagnostic scans because hospitals are too busy and understaffed to do the work themselves, research has revealed. The amount being spent on outsourced the interpretation of CT and MRI scans is “spiralling out of control” and reflects a short-sighted failure to train enough doctors, ministers are being told. Continue readi
Since Rachel Reeves' first budget, about half of all jobs lost have been in the hospitality and tourism sectors – that's more than 100,000 jobs. Never mind about the tens of thousands more that have never been created in the first place. The post Nigel Huddleston: Why does Labour have a problem with tourism and hospitality? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Chancellor’s measure to help families save money during summer holidays ‘won’t make any difference’ Cutting tax on children’s meals is a political “soundbite” that will make little difference to families or businesses, restaurateurs have said. This week, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, announced a temporary reduction in VAT on the children’s menu in restaurants from 20% to 5% between June and September, in order to help families with the cost of living crisis and offer a boost to the hospitality

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytelling Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare … If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achieveme

Keir Starmer describes the agreement, worth double original estimates, as a ‘huge win’ for British businesses Keir Starmer has struck a trade deal with six Gulf states in what he described as a huge win for British business, ending four years of talks led by four different prime ministers. The deal will offer £3.7bn worth of opportunities for exporters – double the original estimates – particularly in the food and luxury car sectors but also defence, aerospace, hospitality and other services, th