Keir Starmer states Rishi Sunak must apologise for ‘lethal chaos’ in NHS under his watch– UK politics live|Politics

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This is the legislation that will abolish around 4,000 EU rules imported into UK law after Brexit, unless a decision is taken to retain or revise them, following a review.</p>","elementId":"8bffe034-d0fd-4d7d-a152-a79f112e51ce"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>The bill says this should happen by the end of this year. Almost all experts think this deadline is unrealistic, but the government is still refusing calls for the December 2023 end date to be removed from the bill. Partly that’s because the bill also allows ministers to extend the deadline, department by department, until the end of 2026 if they want to. When the bill goes through the Lords, peers may amend the bill to make 2026 the default deadline, not 2023.</p>","elementId":"8167e3cc-c853-40ec-a9b4-a2b1bad25e0d"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>As my colleagues <strong>Aletha Adu </strong>and <strong>Lisa O’Carroll</strong> report, Labour wants to amend the bill to protect workers’ rights.</p>","elementId":"8d2d6de1-fc95-4ccc-be29-e9a694f9b269"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jan/18/labour-to-force-commons-vote-on-plans-to-sunset-4000-eu-laws","text":"Labour to force Commons vote on plans to ‘sunset’ 4,000 EU laws","prefix":"Related: ","role":"thumbnail","elementId":"75185abb-7e5b-45f0-861b-b35821e59ab5"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>The figure of 4,000 retained EU laws is an estimate. As <strong>Peter Foster</strong> from the Financial Times points out, even the government does not know what the exact total is.</p>","elementId":"9c76ad47-e9ee-4935-a10f-1755d802d4af"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","html":"<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨🇪🇺🇬🇧🚨What is the UK’s Retained EU Law Bill and why is it so controversial? <br><br>Most bonkersly the government can’t even be sure how many EU-derived laws there are! 🤯<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brexit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/REUL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#REUL</a> <br><br>A primer, via me and ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeWParker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GeorgeWParker</a>⁩ via <a href="https://twitter.com/FT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FT</a><br> <a href="https://t.co/ZLAda3TIwA">https://t.co/ZLAda3TIwA</a></p>&mdash; Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) <a href="https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1615599443079823363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>n","url":"https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1615599443079823363","id":"1615599443079823363","hasMedia":false,"role":"inline","isThirdPartyTracking":false,"source":"Twitter","elementId":"b43efe75-f079-4128-9a73-9dac1cf19d39"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1674037170000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"10.19 GMT","blockLastUpdated":1674038405000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"10.40 GMT","blockFirstPublished":1674038101000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"10.35 GMT","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"10.35","title":"Labour to force Commons vote on plans to ‘sunset’ 4,000 EU laws","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Wed 18 Jan 2023 12.47 GMT","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Wed 18 Jan 2023 09.20 GMT"},{"id":"63c7be988f0860d08f7c0a0d","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>UK inflation fell back slightly in December to 10.5% but remains at one of the highest levels in 40 years as the cost of living crisis continues, my colleague <strong>Phillip Inman</strong> reports.</p>","elementId":"6b53ed87-a648-401d-ae94-14ca1541f3bf"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/uk-inflation-dips-people-continue-to-feel-pinch","text":"UK inflation dips slightly to 10.5% but people continue to feel pinch","prefix":"Related: ","role":"thumbnail","elementId":"7f4b3b1b-0be8-4261-9f0f-d39b7fa2801a"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>In a statement issued in response to the figures, <strong>Jeremy Hunt</strong>, the chancellor, linked continuing high inflation to the public sector pay disputes, and argued today’s figures justified the government’s refusal to award pay rises at or above inflation. 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In what sounds like a change of tone from when he met the health unions last week (and was more conciliatory, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jan/09/strikes-junior-doctors-bma-rishi-sunak-rail-unions-live-news?page=with:block-63bc105d8f08fc0016455121#block-63bc105d8f08fc0016455121">at least according to some accounts</a>), he says that “unaffordable” pay rises for health workers would take resources away from patients. He says:</p>","elementId":"ac203bec-13c0-4812-9f66-dde30fefdcf6"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.BlockquoteBlockElement","html":"<blockquote class="quoted"> n <p>The <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/nurses">nurses’</a> strike on Wednesday and <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nursing-strikes-nhs-rcn-pay-b2263178.html">the further walkouts for next month announced</a> by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday will pile on further pressure at this challenging time. 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Unaffordable pay hikes will mean cutting patient care and stoking the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/business/unemployment-uk-economy-inflation-b2263510.html" title="Wages rise at fastest pace in two decades but fall behind inflation ">inflation </a>that would make us all poorer.</p> n</blockquote>","elementId":"37ef0bee-24e0-4a48-99c3-7443db4ac32b"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","html":"<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wednesday&#39;s Independent: You take the money and your patients will pay the price <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TomorrowsPapersToday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TomorrowsPapersToday</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Independent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Independent</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndependentDigital?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndependentDigital</a> <a href="https://t.co/QVB8RiBYmF">pic.twitter.com/QVB8RiBYmF</a></p>&mdash; Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) <a href="https://twitter.com/TmorrowsPapers/status/1615474298931617810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>n","url":"https://twitter.com/TmorrowsPapers/status/1615474298931617810","id":"1615474298931617810","hasMedia":false,"role":"inline","isThirdPartyTracking":false,"source":"Twitter","elementId":"80b35c0d-88d1-4d5e-ac12-6515fd149039"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1674033634000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"09.20 GMT","blockLastUpdated":1674035359000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"09.49 GMT","blockFirstPublished":1674034701000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"09.38 GMT","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"09.38","title":"Barclay says 'unaffordable' pay rises for health staff would take funding away from patients","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Wed 18 Jan 2023 12.47 GMT","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Wed 18 Jan 2023 09.20 GMT"},{"id":"63c7abbb8f08700e2aeb01df","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>Good morning. Nurses are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/18/nurses-in-england-begin-two-days-of-strikes-in-pay-standoff">on strike in England today</a>, and 1 February (a fortnight today) is gearing up to be <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/17/why-feb-1-will-worst-day-strike-chaos-yet/">the biggest strike day yet</a>, with train drivers, teachers and civil servants all striking, on the same day the TUC holds a “protect the right to strike” day of campaigning.</p>","elementId":"06ff01ff-c7ac-4e05-be23-e8ad53dc359c"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>The TUC is mobilising opposition to the government’s anti-strikes bill, and this morning No 10 suffered a set back when the <strong>International Labour Organisation</strong>, a UN agency, made it clear it was not backing the bill.</p>","elementId":"2560ef64-08db-48fb-ae71-95e76bae69e9"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>So what, you might think. This government does not worry too much about the views of international quangos, particularly ones that are relatively unknown. But in recent days ministers have repeatedly defended the bill by implying it has some sort of ILO backing. <strong>Grant Shapps</strong>, the business secretary, told the Commons on Monday:</p>","elementId":"98c1220e-2556-4888-815d-65b7db8dbf58"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.BlockquoteBlockElement","html":"<blockquote class="quoted"> n <p>The International Labour Organisation itself states that minimum service levels can be a proportionate way of balancing the right to strike with the need to protect the wider public. That is what we are doing. 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At 10.45am Harvi Khatkar, chief superintendent and vice president at the Police Superintendents’ Association, and Steve Hartshorn, national chair at the Police Federation of England and Wales, give evidence.</p>","elementId":"efee04bb-1fe3-44b1-85ba-ae1297c8a011"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p><em>10.15am:</em> Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, holds a meeting with teaching union leaders.</p>","elementId":"b9171dc0-1eb4-44f3-b793-1c9cc77d404c"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p><em>12pm:</em> Rishi Sunak faces <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer" data-component="auto-linked-tag">Keir Starmer</a> at PMQs.</p>","elementId":"8aff1dbc-a665-4319-ab97-49779f30b889"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p><em>After 12.45pm:</em> MPs debate the final states of the retained EU law (revocation and reform) bill.</p>","elementId":"b877b94b-841f-4c3a-8b63-4ca4a2f5aad0"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p><em>Afternoon:</em> Steve Barclay, the health secretary, is on a health visit.</p>","elementId":"430d366c-c678-40ee-8283-655522b8bacc"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>I’ll try to monitor the comments below the line (BTL) but it is impossible to read them all. If you have a direct question, do include “Andrew” in it somewhere and I’m more likely to find it. I do try to answer questions, and if they are of general interest I will post the question and reply above the line (ATL), although I can’t promise to do this for everyone.</p>","elementId":"40777a2c-61f5-43b4-9a60-2514003edcfb"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>If you want to attract my attention quickly, it is probably better to use Twitter. I’m on <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSparrow">@AndrewSparrow</a>.</p>","elementId":"913664b1-e9b3-49e2-a005-5379bb6f97e6"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>Alternatively, you can email me at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>","elementId":"e4d4596c-4cbb-4fd6-9c30-f2221c8910da"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1674033634000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"09.20 GMT","blockLastUpdated":1674034793000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"09.39 GMT","blockFirstPublished":1674033634000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"09.20 GMT","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"09.20","title":"International Labour Organisation rejects suggestions it backs anti-strikes bill","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Wed 18 Jan 2023 12.47 GMT","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Wed 18 Jan 2023 09.20 GMT"}],"filterKeyEvents":false,"id":"key-events-carousel-mobile"}">