Summary

  • Junior doctors' new contract set to be imposed by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

  • It follows junior doctors' strikes. Jeremy Hunt announced change in Commons statement

  • Parliamentary committee says 'significant changes' needed to draft web monitoring plans

  • Google has been giving evidence to MPs about its tax affairs

  1. The Nazi Satanist group linked to US soldier's arrestpublished at 16:02 BST 23 June 2020

    The Satanic group has been influential among neo-Nazi groups around the world in recent years.

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  2. Ex-chancellor warns against return to austeritypublished at 00:10 BST 23 June 2020

    Sajid Javid calls for lower taxes on businesses to aid the UK's economic recovery.

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  3. 'Faster action needed' on young footballer rightspublished at 12:34 BST 22 June 2020

    MSPs are concerned that young players are stuck in "exploitative" contracts that do not pay them fairly

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  4. How can the economy be 'Built Back Better'?published at 18:10 BST 21 June 2020

    An advisory group report on economic recovery is due to be published following lots of advice on how to rebuild the economy

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  5. The week ahead in Parliamentpublished at 17:07 BST 19 June 2020

    Fisheries, MPs' behaviour and the post-pandemic world are all on the agenda at Westminster.

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  6. PM asks Foreign Office chief to stand downpublished at 15:26 BST 19 June 2020

    Sir Simon McDonald will go before the merger with the international aid department later this year.

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  7. Johnson welcomes Macron for talks and flypastpublished at 22:37 BST 18 June 2020

    The leaders mark 80 years since a BBC broadcast in which France was urged to keep fighting Hitler.

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  8. HK children's shop told to remove protester statuepublished at 16:50 BST 18 June 2020

    The owner of the clothing store is refusing to remove the life-sized statue, called "Lady Liberty".

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  9. Meanwhile in Beijingpublished at 16:46 BST 18 June 2020

    The immediate implications of Covid-19 have dominated the media – and perhaps your attention - for months. But meanwhile, other stories are developing at speed, some intersecting with the virus crisis in unexpected ways.

    In the first of a new series of documentaries, the historian Rana Mitter invites you to turn your attention away from the virus, and to look instead at how China is combining its tech and consumer product prowess to make the case for its one-party model of government - and the impact on that of Covid-19.

    With contributions from: Daniel Bell, Peter Frankopan, Sophia Gaston, Isabel Hilton, Keyu Jin, Yu Jie, Zhang Weiwei

    Producer: Phil Tinline

  10. MSPs ban unlicensed culling of mountain harespublished at 21:48 BST 17 June 2020

    Ecologists say numbers have been in decline since the 1950s but gamekeepers say the move is bad for land management.

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  11. Minister suggests winter wait for coronavirus apppublished at 20:43 BST 17 June 2020

    Lord Bethell says the coronavirus-tracing app is "not a priority" and has no firm launch date.

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  12. Council proposes cuts to plug £22m shortfallpublished at 17:37 BST 17 June 2020

    Income from Luton Airport "has all but dried up" due to the pandemic, the authority says.

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  13. Scottish job fears over foreign 'super department'published at 16:29 BST 16 June 2020

    Staff are worried after Boris Johnson announced the merger of the DfID and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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  14. 'I'm sorry for being racist when I was younger'published at 02:26 BST 16 June 2020

    Two young people who were racist when they were younger explain why they have changed.

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  15. Foreign NHS staff 'should get free visa extension'published at 01:35 BST 15 June 2020

    It is "unfair" that low paid workers are facing charges of thousands of pounds to remain in the UK, MPs say.

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  16. Scottish and Welsh lose bid for Brexit extensionpublished at 22:27 BST 12 June 2020

    Michael Gove confirms the UK government will not extend the Brexit transition period, despite calls from the first ministers.

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  17. Patel clashes with Labour MPs over experiences of racismpublished at 18:03 BST 12 June 2020

    The home secretary says she won't be "silenced" after being accused of using her experience to cast doubt on those of others.

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  18. The week ahead in Parliamentpublished at 13:26 BST 12 June 2020

    Parliament will debate lockdown, divorce and Brexit - but it's not quite business as usual.

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  19. More hate crimes being reported in Scotlandpublished at 10:57 BST 12 June 2020

    All categories of hate crime show increases but the government pledges to work towards "zero tolerance".

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  20. The city of two masks faces a new crisispublished at 00:15 BST 12 June 2020

    A year after the protests began, amid a pandemic, Hong Kong faces another existential crisis. Will it survive?

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