take a long hard look at ourselves. what we want, how we pay, what we smoke, what we drink, how we live, how we die. we are more likely to from comparable conditions than in other comparable countries and then there is the elephant in the ward, social care. the nhs is ours. let s hear from you. now for the news. health experts are warning that the nhs won t celebrate its 100th birthday without significant investment in beds, buildings and technology. three think tanks have made the claims as the service marks its 75th birthday. there ll be a special service to commemorate nhs workers at westminster abbey later. schools in england are facing further disruption, as teachers from the national education union strike over pay. they re walking out today and on friday. the government insists its latest pay offer is fair and reasonable. israel has carried out air strikes in the gaza strip, after rockets were fired overnight. the israeli army is withdrawing from jenin in the occupied
another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
match. its 9.38. we are talking about the nhs at 75. will it make 100? some interesting calls. it s wednesday it s prime minister s questions from midday. the deputies will be standing in. from 10:00am i ll be joined by my panel of mps. this week it s the conservative mp for wimbledon, former health minister stephen hammond. the labour mp for nottingham north, alex norris, the shadow levelling up minister. and the snp mp for central ayrshire,
reduce prices, everything to support people through a difficult time, but we ve also got to think aboutjobs, skills and education. so the investment we are making here, alongside investments that we are making elsewhere in lancashire and in the north west, and across the northern midlands, that is designed to make sure people have a brighter future to look forward to. but a short while ago, the shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy said the policy disadvantaged some communities there was always a political motivation around levelling up, it was an election slogan aimed at the key marginal is the tories wanted to win. in fairness to michael gove, i think he has come in and try to sort some of that out, but the truth is, this is not the right way to allocate money, creating winners and losers around the country, and ministers playing favourites with the projects they like the look of, rather than listening to local communities in every part of this country. communities in every part o
politicians are coming under pressure to promise pay deals which match the cost of living. the transport secretary also spoke about the health service, arguing the pay rise requested by striking nurses simply isn t affordable. we have to balance what is affordable, so that s why for example in the health service we have accepted all the recommendations of the independent pay review body which would give, for example, i think a nurse at least a £1,400 pay rise this year, and it s why nurses for example got a 3% rise last year when general public sector had a pay freeze. but a 19% pay rise simply isn t affordable. hang on a second, minister. we have to balance what is affordable, the difficult decisions we re having to make to keep the public finances under control, and also the perfectly reasonable requests people have got to keep up with the cost of living. but i think that people are not going to be able to have what they want. shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy was asked wheth