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The Prime Minister caved to Tory pressure on the Online Safety Bill after an amendment to make tech chiefs criminally liable if they do not block minors from seeing damaging content garnered dozens of signatures

The first Aslef strike date will coincide with a walkout by 100,000 civil servants, a strike by teachers and nationwide protests against Tory new anti-strike legislation

More than 23,000 schools in England and Wales are expected to be hit by the first walkout, with heads given guidance on switching to online learning if they can't keep schools open

The NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, voted for rolling walkouts from February 1 to March 16 in England and Wales. See the full list of strike dates below

Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions

The GMB union told the Prime Minister that emergency workers felt 'utterly betrayed' by the Tory attempts to paint them as uncaring and to pile blame onto staff for crisis scenes in the NHS

It comes amid strained relations over the issue of Scottish independence and threats by the UK Government to block landmark reforms for transgender people at Holyrood last month

The former Prime Minister declared the massive donation to his office from Brexiteer crypto investor Christopher Harborne in the latest register of MPs' interests

Teaching unions have been balloting their members of the Government's pay offer, which the IFS said would amount to a real terms pay cut of 5% for most teachers due to high levels of inflation

The GMB union will meet ambulance representatives to discuss further industrial action after talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay failed to break the deadlock

The London Mayor is expected to demand a shift away from the 'unnecessarily hard-line version' of Brexit towards greater alignment with Europe in his Mansion House speech

The Department for Education (DfE) announced that tuition fees for degrees in England will be frozen and maximum student loans for living costs will rise by measly 2.8% in 2023/24

Three major education unions - the NEU, NASUWT and the NAHT - are balloting their members over whether to take strike action over pay, with the results expected to be announced in the coming days

The 14 health unions – representing more than one million ambulance staff, nurses, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and other NHS workers in England – have demanded direct pay talks with ministers

Labour will force a Commons vote today to strong-arm the Government into setting up a new committee to examine reforming the tax perks enjoyed by elite institutions

The Prime Minister was pictured boarding the RAF plane on Monday morning for the visit as he scrambles to get a grip on the crisis engulfing the NHS

Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson branded the situation 'disgraceful' and said that children in dire need of help had been left to suffer

Health Secretary Steve Barclay will today unveil a emergency winter package to alleviate the intense pressures on emergency departments - but care bosses warned it would not fix the crisis

In a major speech in east London, the Labour leader will strike an upbeat tone with a pledge to bring back 'the hope we used to take for granted, that you can build your future around'

In his first major speech as PM, Mr Sunak gave five promises to reboot his crisis-hit Government, including slashing NHS waits - but there was no mention of his party’s decade-long funding squeeze on the NHS

The 'Matt Hancock' app was mocked when the top Tory set it up in 2018 - and sparked concerns about privacy after it emerged that the app allowed access to users photos.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay put the blame for the dire situation in the NHS over Christmas onto Covid, Strep A and flu rather than his Government's handling of the health service

Welsh Education Minister Jeremy Miles said free school meals were vital when hard-pressed families were buckling under the pressure after austerity and the legacy of the Covid pandemic

Labour accused the Government of 'breath-taking complacency' after Downing Street insisted the struggling NHS had the funding it needs to cope with spiralling pressures and isn't in crisis

The payments, which will go to people claiming Universal Credit, Pension Credit and tax credits, begin in the spring and will go directly to bank accounts in three £300 cash boosts.