at least 32 people have been killed and 150 others injured, in a blast in the pakistani city of peshawar. the kremlin has dismissed as a lie a claim by borisjohnson that he was threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. new research suggests uk bosses are reluctant to hire over 50s, preferring younger workers. ministers and nhs leaders have announced plans to provide hundreds more ambulances and thousands of hospital beds in england by next winter. £1 billion of existing funding is being allocated and there are also measures to try to reduce the number of patients who turn up at a&e and then stay overnight. but there are questions about how the extra resources will be staffed, and some health experts warn the proposals will be undermined by a burnt out workforce. 0ur health correspondent, katherine da costa, has the details. right, hi, how are you? i m rishi, nice to see you. after weeks of unprecedented strain on the nhs, and criticism over rec
getting questions about his judgment and actions in relation to his ministers and those who have not lived up to those standards. ianthem lived up to those standards. when ou sa lived up to those standards. when you say ministers lived up to those standards. when you say ministers it s lived up to those standards. when you say ministers it s not - lived up to those standards. when you say ministers it s notjust - you say ministers it s notjust nadhim zahawi, there are others. dominic raab in particular that he may face more questions about? that investigation may face more questions about? that investigation is may face more questions about? trust investigation is ongoing. by an independent lawyer, appointed by the prime minister before his current adviser was in place who would normally conduct such an investigation. accusations of bullying against the deputy prime minister and justice secretary dominic raab. he denies any wrongdoing. the longer that investigation goes on, of
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issues involving hmrc were there when he appointed nadhim zahawi, but would not go into private discussions between the two men. they reject suggestions the the investigation was rushed, saying there was no timeframe given at all and other opposition parties, the lib dems say nadhim zahawi cannot continue as an mp, he needs to have the whip withdrawn, given everything that has come out and he was found to have done, in terms of breaking the ministerial code around his taxes. so some difficult questions for nadhim zahawi and the prime minister, who is trying his best to shake it off, but given that he settles high standards for himself on day one in the job of integrity, accountability, professionalism at every level in government, it follows that he is going to keep getting questions about his judgment and actions in relation to his ministers and those who have not lived up to those standards. when you say ministers, it s notjust nadhim zahawi, there are others. dominic raab in particu
there is a bit of lingering ill feeling too from those around nadhim zahawi, who do not really think he was given a fair hearing by the government s independent ethics adviser. sir laurie magnus. they suggest he only had one conversation with nadhim zahawi, although downing street making it clear that there was a follow up conversation as well. as for nadhim zahawi, we have not heard publicly from him save for the letter he sent to the prime minister in which he offered no apology for his actions and he suggested that he was intending to hang around for an mp on the backbenches for years to come. labour are suggesting that the prime minister needs to come clean about when he knew, in their words, about an investigation, into nadhim zahawi s taxes. the prime minister s official spokesman was asked about that earlier and said the prime minister was advised that no outstanding