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Rishi Sunak Considers Green Policy Shift

Rishi Sunak is weighing up a huge policy shift relating to some of his green policies in a move that will split opinion across the country. According to sources in the media, Sunak is considering changes that include delaying the looming ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and pulling back on the abolishment of gas boilers.

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Double Doctors’ Strike Begins

Consultants and junior doctors in England are staging their first joint strike in the history of the NHS. Consultants walked out this morning and will be joined by junior doctors on Wednesday morning. The British Medical Association-organised strike by consultants will last two days, while the one by junior doctors is scheduled for three.

Emergency care will be covered throughout, but NHS bosses said patients are still at risk.

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Long-term Sickness Work Absences Pose Fiscal Threat to UK

According to a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) for its Commission on Health and Prosperity, long-term sickness has become a “serious fiscal threat” to the UK due to absences from work. The report argues that action is needed to reform health and social care and that there is the chance to deliver a once-in-a-generation NHS reform to restrain killer costs and end second-rate care.

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Government to Delay Ban on Conversion Therapy

Rishi Sunak is set to delay plans to ban conversion therapy in the UK following discussions around how the legislation would be worded have been left unresolved. The decision comes just a few months after ministers promised that a bill would be published to solve the issue in November.

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NHS Warns of Pressures Despite £200m Extra Funding

The Government has announced an extra £200m worth of funding to boost NHS resilience over winter. However, NHS leaders and trusts are warning that unless ministers focus on ending industrial action, the healthcare system will come under further pressure.

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Government Plan to Remove Homebuilding Pollution Rules Fails

he Government’s plans to weaken legislation surrounding river pollution have been defeated in the House of Lords by a Labour-led rebellion. As the bill was introduced within the levelling up and regeneration bill by the Conservatives at such a late stage, it will not return to the Commons.

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