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Minister rejects call for national misogyny and racism inquiry after LFB report

An independent culture review of London Fire Brigade found ‘dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women’.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers ‘contracted diphtheria overseas’ despite overcrowding

Transport Secretary Mark Harper insisted the infections present an ‘extremely low risk’ to the wider public.

The Independent UK

Top Tory bats away diphtheria surge saying asylum seekers 'had it before they came'

Cabinet minister Mark Harper said asylum seekers had the deadly disease before they reached the UK as numbers were expected to hit 50 - with calls for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign

Daily Mirror

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Inflation-matching pay rises for public sector ‘unaffordable’, says minister

‘You’ve got to be honest with people, the public purse won’t afford inflation busting pay rises for everybody in the public sector’

Evening Standard

Why the rail strikes could all be over by Christmas

The Man Who Pays His Way: Union bosses are longing for a deal to stop train strikes

The Independent UK

Nurses to strike for two days as December disruption deepens

Royal College of Nursing announces unprecedented action, likely to to be first in a series of strikes by NHS staff over winter

The Guardian - UK

Lucrative conferences cancelled and investors forced to go by minibus: What Manchester's rail meltdown is costing the city's economy

Senior business leader spells out the damage to local reputation in letter to the Transport Secretary Mark Harper

Manchester Evening News

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Train Strikes: Christmas rail walkout still going ahead after RMT meeting with Government

Train strikes around Christmas will not be called off until a solid settlement has been reached with rail companies, union boss Mick Lynch insisted on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Christmas rail strikes still on, says Mick Lynch after meeting minister

‘Until we get tangible outcome, action will be on,’ says RMT leader after talks with transport secretary

The Guardian - UK

Transport Secretary says there is a 'deal to be done' to avert pre-Christmas rail strikes

The RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said that the public are behind striking workers after a crunch meeting at the Department for Transport on Thursday

Daily Mirror

‘Once bitten, twice shy’: Mick Lynch says rail strikes won’t be suspended after meeting transport secretary

‘We called the strikes off two weeks ago, we gave a two-week period – it’s gone past that now,’ says union boss

The Independent UK

Transport Secretary says ‘reform is vital’ amid bid to avert rail strikes

Mark Harper told MPs he ‘will do everything I can to end these damaging and unnecessary strikes’ ahead of planned meetings with trade union leaders.

The Independent UK

Mick Lynch says RMT no closer to calling off rail strikes as transport minister states there is ‘deal to be done’ – as it happened

Mark Harper says all parties want rail dispute to end but RMT general secretary says union will not move to end strikes until ‘reasonable offer is on the table’

The Guardian - UK

Lecturers, teachers and Royal Mail workers strike in one of biggest walkouts

It will be one of the biggest walkouts of the year

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

Just how bad do Britain’s trains have to get before the Tories act?

In the north of England in particular, rail companies such as Avanti are causing misery on a daily basis. This cannot go on, says Guardian North of England editor Helen Pidd

The Guardian - UK

Airport security rules on liquids and laptops could be lifted in UK in 2024 – reports

New 3D scanners could end need to remove liquids from hand luggage, with restrictions ‘under review’

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says English National Opera doesn't deserve to come to Manchester if it thinks the city's full of heathens

Mayor attacks 'outdated' attitudes after outcry over potential move out of London

Manchester Evening News

Mancunian Way - Unhappy Christmas beckons for NHS

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Evening Standard

RMT leader Mick Lynch to meet Transport Secretary Mark Harper over rail dispute

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned his Cabinet that Britain faced a ‘challenging’ winter of strikes

Manchester Evening News

Labour to promise North 'more control over its future' at Manchester conference

University Academy 92 hosting political and business leaders from across Northern England

Daily Mirror

'Why isn't our government calling out Qatari tyranny over World Cup rainbow ban?'

The government should be calling out the blatant bigotry from FIFA and the Qatari regime - we need to show the world that we allow citizens to express themselves

Evening Standard

London businesses hail ‘transformative’ Elizabeth line after 70m journeys

Almost 70m journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first six months, Transport for London said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Self-charging train project gets Government funding

Cambridgeshire-based company Echion Technologies is creating train batteries that can charge from overhead wires.

The Guardian - UK

UK civil servants in Whitehall and frontline services vote to strike

Services from passports to pensions could be affected as 100,000 PCS union members to join nurses in wave of stoppages

The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock's I'm A Celeb fee 'revealed' as new series starts

MATT Hancock will be making “a donation” to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk from his fee ...

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