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Strike contingency plans could include calling on the Army to cover callouts in Northern Ireland.

"Oh wow I’m sure a letter to mums will suddenly make childcare affordable," one critic said.

"I’m a trade union official, and I’m determined to get a deal.”

Health workers in other unions are also voting on industrial action over pay.

Newly drafted National Health Service (NHS) guidelines for dealing with minors in the U.K. questioning their birth gender say doctors should be “mindful that this may be a transient phase,” and that a “process of watchful waiting” may be appropriate.

The Met police officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old, unarmed Black man, has been suspended.

New data reveals that LGB asylum claims are down, and that the government has sent back thousands of asylum seekers in recent years.

The former leader has been criticised for an appearance on Al Mayadeen in which he questioned the decision to send military assistance to Ukraine.

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Travel on Britain’s railway system ground to a halt again Thursday, as the second of three days of widespread strike action this week billed as the biggest in decades got underway