congress. and i ll tell you why. who e-maited congress. and i ll tell you why. who e mailed me last night at nine o clock? e mailed me last night at nine o clock? the health secretary wants to see o clock? the health secretary wants to see me applause. colleagues, this is not about negotiations, but it is important that i negotiations, but it is important that i go negotiations, but it is important that i go and i tell them again why many that i go and i tell them again why many of that i go and i tell them again why many of you voted to reject the pay offer~ many of you voted to reject the pay offer~ ih many of you voted to reject the pay offer. in scotland our overwhelming strike offer. in scotland our overwhelming strike mandate forced scottish government into several rounds of negotiations without a single day of action applause. absolutely. i know some of you are frustrated absolutely. i know some of you are frustrated at not being able to join coll
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
Be enough of us. injust a matter of days we can be enough of us. injust a matter of days we can expect the nhs workforce plan for days we can expect the nhs workforce plan for england. we will be firm but fair plan for england. we will be firm but fair in plan for england. we will be firm but fair injudging the level of ambition but fair injudging the level of ambition and the funding behind it. but i ambition and the funding behind it. but i think ambition and the funding behind it. but i think congress wants to know where but i think congress wants to know where this but i think congress wants to know where this college stands on one issue where this college stands on one issue that came to light last week. the head issue that came to light last week. the head of the nhs talked about apprenticeships as a way to fill nursing apprenticeships as a way to fill nursing and doctor vacancies. people coutd nursing and doctor vacancies. people coutd train nursing and docto
Outbreaks. really grateful for your time, thank you very outbreaks. really grateful for your time, thank you very much. i outbreaks. really grateful for your i time, thank you very much. apologies for some of the dropout in that line but worth hearing jim s thoughts, nonetheless. how many of you have trouble negotiating the varied traffic calming measures councils put in our way? not the speed humps. or the road cameras. i am talking about the narrow path, through a series of metal bollards. and the unique challenge they pose injudging, whether you really know the width of your car. somebody in watford, north of london, has filmed one of these junctions, and the evidence suggests we could do better. an awful lot better. i am giving people who are in estate cars a pass on this. but i am not excusing people in small minis. and i am certainly not excusing people in vans, who do this. and certainly not policing vans. you cannot possibly approach a set of bollards, at this pace, when you