Consultants in England vote in favour of NHS strikes

After Labour caved in to resident doctors... £152,000-a-year NHS consultants to strike

After Labour caved in to resident doctors... £152,000-a-year NHS consultants to strike

Baillie Gifford pursues ‘voluntary exits’ under new strategy

Scheme for UK-based staff comes as firm refocuses on areas such as family offices and financial advisers in US and Asia

Taylor blasts Labor's 'widow tax' after government votes against amendments

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor slams Labor for refusing to back the Coalition's amendments to scrap the controversial "widow tax", accusing the government of targeting grieving families and divorcees to raise revenue. “This is a tax on widows, on divorcees, on victims of family and domestic violence who will lose access to negative gearing that they might otherwise have had,” Mr Taylor told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers. “The government has said they want to fix it; we put an amendment up in the Senate last night and Labor voted against it. I mean, they’re not serious about fixing this. “It’s an egregious tax, and it's one frankly they could have fixed last night, and they chose not to. “They’ve run out of money, so they’re coming after Australians' money.”

As Britain prepares to crown yet another PM, is it a battle of the vibes against Nigel Farage?

The UK has made quite a habit of crowning prime ministers at a dizzying pace. This time, it's Labour's last roll of the dice against Nigel Farage. The post As Britain prepares to crown yet another PM, is it a battle of the vibes against Nigel Farage? appeared first on Crikey.

‘The Tories left it in a worse state than they found it’: Who’s responsible for the state of the UK?

Readers discuss who got the UK into a mess, the Royal Navy's spending plan and if left-wing politics is fairness