this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions immediately responded, by suspending their plans for further strikes. the announcement came asjunior doctors began five days of strikes what their union calls the longest stirke action in the nhs history. these are the pictures from one of the picket lines in central london. they re demanding a pay increase of over 30%. ministers have said that s unreasonable and risks fueling inflation. we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations which affect millions of workers. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gps, 6%. junior doctors, 6%. prison officers, 7%. the armed forces, 5%. teachers, 6.5%. this was rishi sunak a little earlier. i can confirm today that we are accepting the headline recommendations of the pay review bodies in full. but we will not fund them by borrowing more or increasing your t
uk prime minister rishi sunakfaces a crucial vote tonight on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. this is the scene right now in the commons as mps are due to vote very shortly on the prime minister s landmark bill. we ll bring you the results as soon as we have them. also tonight pakistan recalls its ambassador to iran in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. (boxed attack on its territory. and president biden invites congressional leaders to the white house to talk about giving aid to ukraine. our panel tonight to discuss all this is chris bruce, attorney and political strategist and susie boniface, daily mirror columnist also known as the fleet street fox. the british prime minister is facing another test of his authority today, over plans to send migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive government proposals to send some asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel in smal
a fatal heart attack. bronson battersby was found in the home of his father kenneth who was 60. it s thought he died in the days after christmas and the child was then left alone. there were attempts to check on bronson s welfare, but by the time the property was entered it was too late. jo black has our report from skegness i must warn you the details are distressing. bronson! come on, then. bronson battersby was known to social services, but his death and that of his father appear to have happened in the most tragic of circumstances. the bodies of bronson and his 60 year old father, kenneth battersby, were discovered on january the 9th. children s services say kenneth, who was on his own with his son, passed away at home, and that meant nobody was there to give his little boy care. and as a result, he also died. it is a tragedy. ijust happened to look out my window and i noticed suddenly this huge police presence. and then i spoke to a couple of residents across the road an
meanwhile dr congo are currently in action against zambia we ve played just over half an hour, kings kangwa opened the scoring for zambia, yoane wissa with the equaliser. the ghana coach chris hughton has said his focus is entirely on the black stars afcon match with egypt on thursday. this come after a confrontation with an angry fan following their defeat to ivory coast at the weekend. but he thanked everyone for their good wishes and concern. something for their good wishes and concern. that is very mut past something that is very much in the past and it has a lot of media coverage and i think everyone for the messages of support but i think probably today s the day to very much look forward to and a very competitive game that we have tomorrow and again, i understand the question and he thanked everyone for them. akram afif struck again as holders and hosts qatar became the first team into the asian cup last 16 with a 1 nil win over tajikistan. afif, who scored twice in
were saying this morning that government departments had budgeted for around 3.5%, so clearly a gap fair to be found that people were asking, where is that money going to come from if the government were to accept all the independent pay body recommendations? which of course, they have. we heard rishi sunak saying in that clip that essentially the money is going to have to come from savings within departmental budgets orfrom prioritisation. he said he wasn t going to commit to any further government borrowing because that could increase inflation and he says he wasn t going to increase taxes because he couldn t ask uk households to pay more at this time to fund pay rises for only some people. so the next question, of course, is, are the union is going to accept this cross? we ve only had an early reaction from four of the teaching unions. they say they are delighted with the 6.5% pay increase and they are pleased that in terms of the