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NHS unions have received a new pay offer and an announcement is expected this afternoon, Sky News understands. It follows reports of progress in talks involving unions representing nurses and ambulance staff. The development comes after the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) last month agreed to suspend industrial action while it entered into “intensive” negotiations

Hundreds of thousands of workers are on strike today in what is believed to be the biggest walkout since the current wave of industrial action began. Teachers, university lecturers, civil servants, junior doctors, London Underground drivers and BBC journalists are among those taking to picket lines around the country to coincide with budget day. Members

The chancellor has announced the budget for 2023. The UK will now not enter a technical recession this year, say independent forecasters the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Inflation will more than halve and reduce to 2.9% by the end of the year, the OBR expects. Click here for our budget calculator to see if

The chancellor will promise to provide 30 hours of childcare a week to parents of one and two-year-olds, Sky News has learned. The multi-billion pound announcement is set to be made in tomorrow’s Budget. Families with children aged one and two do not currently receive support to cover the period after parental leave ends and

High-profile figures from sport and broadcasting appear to have poked fun at the BBC over its U-turn on the Gary Lineker impartiality row. After the corporation last Friday suspended the Match of the Day presenter, 62, for his tweets criticising the government’s migration policy, it has now agreed to allow him back on air this

Just 1% of more than 1,500 police officers or staff facing complaints about their treatment of women in a six-month period were sacked, casting further doubt on the police’s ability to tackle violence against women and girls. Data from the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) shows there were 524 complaints made by members of the

Gary Lineker is to return to presenting sport on the BBC after he was taken off air over his tweets criticising the government’s migration policy. It is understood the corporation will apologise to the Match Of The Day presenter. It follows a chaotic few days which saw reduced football coverage across the BBC over the

Sources close to Gary Lineker are increasingly confident the row with the BBC will be resolved to his satisfaction in the next 24 hours. Sky News also understands there could be a statement on the Lineker issue as early as tomorrow morning. It follows a tumultuous weekend for the BBC and its football shows, notably

The BBC’s director general has said bosses are “working very hard” to fix the damage done to the broadcaster following the suspension of Gary Lineker. Tim Davie was speaking after a day when Football Focus and Final Score were taken off the air and Match Of The Day – usually presented by Lineker – was

The BBC’s director general says the damage done to football programming following Gary Lineker’s suspension is a “real blow” but he will not be resigning. Tim Davie said he was “sorry audiences have been affected and they haven’t got the programming” after presenters and pundits pulled out in support of Lineker, whose social media criticism

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has been told to step back from his role on the BBC show due to views he has expressed on Twitter. Lineker has more than eight million followers on the social media platform and, after using it to criticise the government’s new bill on the treatment of asylum

Match of the Day will go ahead as planned on Saturday without “studio presentation or punditry”, and will instead focus on “match action”, the BBC has said. Gary Lineker has been forced off his Match of the Day duties by the BBC in a row over impartiality after comparing the language used to launch a

Blizzards are set to cause “treacherous conditions” in the UK – with winds of up to 50mph and up to 40cm of snow expected in some areas.   The Met Office has issued three amber warnings for northern England, the Midlands, North Wales and Northern Ireland, where “significant disruption” to transport and power supplies are

The government has announced the construction of sections of HS2 will be delayed by two years to save money. The high-speed railway was initially set to link London and the West Midlands with a further phase extending to cities in the North. However, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said on Thursday: “We have seen significant inflationary

A man has been arrested over footage shot from inside a police cordon on the day Nicola Bulley’s body was found. Lancashire Police said the 34-year-old man from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was arrested on Wednesday morning. He was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice in connection with the investigation

A 14-year-old e-scooter rider who caused the death of an “amazing” grandmother after colliding with her on a pavement won’t be detained in custody. The judge said the “tragic incident” was avoidable as “this mode of transport should not be there”. Pedestrian Linda Davis, 71, was struck by the boy and suffered a severe head

The sister of one of the people who died in a car crash in Cardiff has said she feels “disappointed” with police. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died, while Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, who were in the same vehicle, are in hospital with serious injuries. All five

Council tax is due to rise on 1 April for many people, another turn of the screw for those already struggling with the cost of living crisis. People in Wales have seen their council tax rise significantly faster than those in England and Scotland over the past 12 years. However it’s those in Rutland and

Two women and a man who were killed in a car crash in Cardiff after a night out have been named – as their loved ones paid tribute to them. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died in the accident, while Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, who were in

A friend of the victims of a fatal car crash in Cardiff has criticised police search efforts, claiming members of the public found the vehicle before officers. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died after the Volkswagen Tiguan they were travelling in came off the A48(M) in the Welsh capital and