fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
and a new apprenticeship for doctors will launch next year. there will also be 211,000 more student nursing and midwife places. the government has promised £2.11 billion over the next five years to help achieve these goals. the prime minister called it the most ambitious transformation for nhs staffing in its history. we will get reaction from the labour party, but this is what rishi sunak said. , :, , , party, but this is what rishi sunak said. , . , , :, said. the plan rests on three principles. said. the plan rests on three principles, train, said. the plan rests on three principles, train, retain - said. the plan rests on three principles, train, retain and l principles, train, retain and reform. first training, we will double the number of training places by 2031. focusing on areas where there are too few doctors today. we will train over 211,000 more nurses and midwives a year and increased the number of gp training places by
institution for the long term. this is the nhs plan and the government is the nhs plan and the government is proud to back it. with over £2.4 billion of additional investment, you can trust this government where the nhs. the plan rests on three three principles, train, retain and reform. training, we will double the number of medical training places by 2031, focusing on areas where there are too few doctors today. we will train over 24,000 more nurses and midwives a year. and increase the number of gp training places by 50%. in time, this will allow us to reduce our spending on temporary agency staff by £10 billion and cut the need for international
minister had to say. the plan rests on three principles train, retain, and reform. first, training we ll double the number medical training places by 2031, focusing on areas where there are too few doctors today. we ll train over 2a,000 more nurses and midwives a year, and increase the number of gp training places by 50%. in time, this will allow us to reduce our spending on temporary agency staff by £10 billion, and cut the need for international recruitment. the plans for the nhs reforms will have to overcome a number of issues. currently, a quarter of new doctors and nurses have to be recruited from abroad as the uk supply route has struggled to keep up with demand. one out of every ten posts remain unfilled, more than 10,000 vacancies. and without action, this