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departments, and to make inroads into the backlog of care that built up into the backlog of care that built up and was building up before covid and built up a lot more during covid. that balancing act, meeting demand and making inroads into the backlog, is a tough thing to do it the best of times, it is impossible to do when you are losing around half your medical staff. so there is no question that the targets we have set for ourselves, the aims we have got to reduce those waiting lists are going to be dented by this and thatis are going to be dented by this and that is a real pity. because we had been making progress, we had got to the stage at the end of march where we massively reduced almost to zero the number of people waiting more than 18 months for example for a procedure. so it is kind of heartbreaking if you have been a leader in the health service, anyone in the health service, and you have got those waiting this down, you have got, achieve the balancing act ....
of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis but the illness is usually mild. and it s kick off for the last round of premier league games. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the r ....
and it s half time for the last round of premier league games manchester city trail aston villa and liverpool equalise against wolves if it stays like that city will be champions. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, a deadline has passed for civil servants who want to object to being named in sue gray s partygate report to respond a move which could delay publication. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the p ....
take the time you need to build trust. that, any peace negotiator will tell you, is the way to find a solution. this week on political thinking, my guest, the health secretary for england, victoria atkins, suggests it could be the way to find peace in the nhs, to end the strikes that have dogged the health service for more than a year. it s been a big week for her, when talks are starting once again with thejunior doctors and after a new report highlighted the horrorfor some mothers and soon to be mothers of nhs maternity services, something she has some rather powerful experience of. victoria atkins, welcome to political thinking. thank you so much, pleasure to be here. you ve said when talking about women s health, you ve said when talking about this searing indictment that we saw this week of maternity and childbirth services, this is personalfor you. why so? well, i m a mum as well as the secretary of state for health. and i had my baby on the nhs, and i have a long ....
and we talk to facebook about policing violent material on the social media site following the suicide of murder suspect steve stevens. suicide of murder suspect steve steve ns. suicide of murder suspect steve stevens. stephens. hello. around 18 hours ago, theresa may stood in front of ten downing st and announced her plans to call a general election in the uk onjune the act. it surprised most people. the next election was not due to happen for another three years. but the process for calling for the early poll begins in parliament later on wednesday. the timetable for the coming weeks looks like this: in her announcement, mrs may said the government would present a motion in parliament asking mps to agree the request for a general election. this vote is needed under the fixed term parliaments act because the next election wasn t due to take place until 2020. opposition parties say they will agree to the request, so it is pretty certain to be carried. parliamen ....