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| | | | | Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill | | 6 December 2024 | | | | Good morning. Keir Starmer has spoken to BBC Breakfast after his speech yesterday setting out six milestones for his government. Elsewhere, the families of children operated on by disgraced surgeon Yaser Jabbar have criticised reports into their care, and unions are calling for a boost to statutory sick pay. In other news, it's Friday, so why not test your memory of the week's headlines in our Quiz of the Week - and don't forget to check how Storm Darragh might impact your region this weekend. | | | | | | |
| | Starmer tells BBC: 'No plan for more tax rises' | |  | | Starmer said: "I'll be judged, quite rightly, at the end of the parliamentary term whether I've delivered on what I said I would deliver on." Image: BBC | | After announcing his "plan for change" and the six Labour "milestones" against which he wants his government to be measured, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told BBC Breakfast it is not his "plan" to have any more tax rises before the next election. With a near-£70bn increase in public spending having been announced in his party's first Budget last month, Starmer said: "I don't want to suggest we're going to keep coming back for more, because that isn't the plan", but conceded he could not rule out "unforeseen" circumstances. In addition to promising an end to hospital backlogs, Starmer has vowed to put more money in the pockets of working people, and dismissed claims by the opposition that this speech was a 'reset' following Labour's first months in power. | | | | | | | | | | |
Families of disgraced child surgeon hit out at 'whitewash' | | | The families of children operated on by disgraced surgeon Yaser Jabbar have criticised reports into their care, telling the BBC that Great Ormond Street Hospital has "failed their children". Jabbar carried out procedures including leg lengthening and straightening, and some cases linked to him resulted in harm, including life-long injuries and amputation. A spokesperson said the hospital is deeply sorry, and the independent review of patient care is in line with NHS guidelines. The BBC has spoken to some of the families involved. | | | | | Unions pressure ministers to increase workers' sick pay | | | Twenty-four union leaders have written to Keir Starmer to express concern that Labour's manifesto commitment to "strengthen" sick pay isn't being honoured - and call for the issue to be addressed in the Employment Rights Bill currently going through Parliament. They warn that some ill workers are delaying medical treatment as a result of inadequate sick pay legislation, but business leaders have concerns. Read more. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | This festive season, generative AI is becoming part of the shopping process, providing shoppers with gift ideas and recommendations. | | | | | | |
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 | | BBC SOUNDS | | | | A look at how life has changed for female journalists in Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in the country in 2021. | | | |  | | BBC iPLAYER | | | | An insight into how a container ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six and destroying the bridge. | | | | | | |
| |  | | Starmer's 'plan for change' speech, delivered yesterday, leads several papers today, with the PM writing in the The Times about his plans for housebuilding and planning system reform. The Mirror and The Guardian warn the NHS is facing a 'quad-demic' of emergencies this winter, with cases of flu, Covid, norovirus and respiratory synctial virus (RSV) all rising. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Photos capture mystery of long-abandoned Highland homes | |  | | Mackay said he was intrigued by lives of the people who once lived in the properties. Image: Angus Mackay Photography | | Angus Mackay started taking pictures of abandoned homes in Scotland's North Highlands during the Covid pandemic when his other work dried up. With consent of the properties' owners, he carefully explored the sites with his camera. Now his photos have been collated in a book and are on display in a striking new exhibition. | | | | | | | | |
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