Covid-19: Team UK post-pandemic recovery summit, and India s junior doctors
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1. PM suggests summit on Team UK post-pandemic recovery
Boris Johnson wants leaders of the devolved nations to join a summit on how Team UK can recover from the pandemic. His offer comes after the Scottish National Party made history to win its fourth Holyrood election in a row and Labour held onto power in Wales. The PM said the Covid vaccine rollout was an example of Team UK in action and invited the SNP s Nicola Sturgeon and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford to meet and discuss how they can work together to overcome future shared challenges .
UK PM invites devolved leaders to Union summit after local elections
Xinhua
10 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how Team UK can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported Sunday. The latest development came after Scotland s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon on Saturday pledged to push for a second independence referendum as her party secured historic and extraordinary fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish parliamentary election. Johnson s invitation came also after the main opposition Labour Party s win in the Welsh Parliament during Thursday s election.
Scottish election 2021: Nicola Sturgeon celebrates ‘historic’ SNP election win
Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the SNP’s “historic and extraordinary” fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish Parliament election.
The party finished on 64 seats – one short of a majority but one more than it won in 2016.
Ms Sturgeon said her priority was the pandemic but she still intended to hold an independence referendum once the crisis has passed.
Boris Johnson has invited the devolved nations to a Covid recovery summit.
Ms Sturgeon said there was no democratic justification for the prime minister, or anyone else, to attempt to block it.
But Mr Johnson said talk of “ripping our country apart” would be “irresponsible and reckless”.
Labour set to win Senedd election after surprise results
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford is elected as Cardiff West MS (Ben Birchall/PA)
Welsh Labour looks set to win the Senedd election after the party fought off challenges from the Tories to key red wall seats in North Wales.
Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford said his party had “exceeded expectations” to end Friday’s constituency count with 26 seats, three short of the number held in the last Welsh Parliament and five short of a majority.
The results of the Senedd’s 20 remaining regional seats are set to be announced on Saturday, with coronavirus restrictions at count venues having slowed down the process.