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Is the right time to review that independent pay process as some colleagues of his had actually called for. the health secretary has also said that he doesnt think its the right time to review the pay rises that have been set to because he thinks the next settlement is already well under way. it doesnt look at the moment like either side is willing to back down on this, but the question is what does this mean in terms of further contingency planning for the new year if that deadlock over this is...

Of inflation plus 5%, but the government says that is not affordable and in any case, pay should not be negotiated directly with them. and as this deadlock continues, the nhs faces worse disruption tomorrow. paramedics are holding a national strike. ambulances will still respond to calls known as category one, where there is an immediate threat to life — for instance when someone has stopped breathing — but chest pain, for instance, might be category two and what happens depends on where you...

In northern ireland, there is an added level if you like of complexity and uncertainty and that is there is no devolved government in this part of the uk at the moment and although this is the first uk wide strike by the royal college of nursing, it is actually the second time in three years that rcn members have come out to strike in this part of the uk. it was a similarly cold day in december 2019 that there was a strike year over similar issues, pay and conditions, and that strike was seen as...

Government at stormont that would implement a pay rise for nurses, so no government means its making this pay dispute even more difficult to resolve. the department of health today said the strikes he had an impact on fragile services. there were lots of patient appointments cancelled, some of them urgent. but i have to say in 2019 the nurses�* strike back then did provide a catalyst for the parties, the dup and sinn fein, to get back together for power sharing although there isn�*t really a...

Government. mr barclay knows only too well that i will meet him for negotiation. either directly or through— negotiation. either directly or through the conciliation that we can do through— through the conciliation that we can do through acas. so when he talks about— do through acas. so when he talks about his _ do through acas. so when he talks about his open door, he is not really— about his open door, he is not really serious about stopping the action— really serious about stopping ...

That disruption that will mark the coming weeks of december but also a determination, both from the government, who argued further increases above inflation full public sector workers would push rising prices ever higher and are unaffordable in the first place but also unions who say members have had to suffer below inflation pay increases year upon year, meaning in real terms wages have fallen. what could break the deadlock? labour says ministers need to get round the table and negotiate with u...

Before their flight home. the manchester derby in the womens super league is under way at the etihad stadium. its the final round of fixtures before their winter break. leah galton has broken the deadlock, scoring just before the half hour mark for manchester united. the visitors ahead there. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to half—time. they lead one now. away from the early kick—off, it was due to be a full day of fixtures. but brightons game with everton & liverpool against l...

Government since february. the democratic unionists decided to boycott the power—sharing framework, because of objections to the trading arrangements signed by boris johnsons government. the deadlock is said to be damaging public services at a challenging time, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. as winter has set in, so has a protracted stalemate in northern irelands politics. while elected leaders are absent, for many people, surviving right now means working harder than ever. m...

Politicians in northern ireland have briefly returned to the stormont assembly — but theres still no progress on the political deadlock, which has left no fully functioning devolved government for months. lets cross to belfast and to our ireland correspondent chris page. any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, any sign of a breakthrough? in a word. no- _ any sign of a breakthrough? in a word. no- it _ any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, no. it was _ any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, no....

Assembly and no devolved government and it has been that way now over six months. no fully functioning devolved government now for ten months. 50 devolved government now for ten months. ., , . ., months. so no fully functioning devolved government - months. so no fully functioning devolved government now- months. so no fully functioning devolved government now for i months. so no fully functioning i devolved government now for ten months so to what extent is life carrying on in northern ireland ...