year s annual bastille parade? and we will talk movies, a glut of new releases currently at the cinema, but if the actors join the writers on the hollywood picket line, what will winter look like at the box office? all that to come, but lets start, shall we, on a positive note. the four teaching unions in england have called off their proposed strikes, after the prime minister honoured the recommendations of the pay review bodies. rishi sunak has ruled out any further borrowing to increase the salaries of public sector workers, which means that today s announcement, which goes well beyond the 3.5 percent deemed affordable by the treasury, will need come from existing budgets. mr sunak said government departments will need to reprioritise spending to fund the increase raising fears of cuts across public services. the prime minister said this was a final offer, and there would be no further negotiation. it would not be right to increase taxes on everyone to pay some people
PM Narendra Modi is in France for a two-day official visit. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the airport where ne was welcomed by French PM Elisabeth Borne.
According to the official website, the Legion of Honor is the reward for "outstanding merit acquired in the service of the nation in a civilian or military capacity".