Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan says strikes are ‘government-led’ due to lack of compromise from ministers
Keir Starmer has said that today’s GDP figures are “nothing to celebrate”. Graeme Wearden, who is covering the response to the GDP announcement, has more on his business live blog.
Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, is taking part in a roundtable discussion on cancer policy with Keir Starmer later, and this morning he was on the Today programme to talk about health policy.
After years of delays, it looks like on this crucial issue [Rishi] Sunak is set to do something all his previous four Tory prime ministers failed to do: oversee the publication of a comprehensive workforce strategy.
Although ministers have been coy about the timing, with one this week simply saying it will arrive “within months”, I understand that the expectation in Whitehall is that it will be unveiled just before, or on, 5 July, the 75th anniversary of the NHS itself …
It does take time [to train more doctors] and that’s why we’ve urged the government to nick our workforce plan. I would be delighted if the government double the number of medical school places, as we’ve suggested and proposed ahead of our manifesto.
We’re not investing enough in CT scanners and diagnostic equipment. So there are things that could be done in relatively short order to improve our performance.
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