Prime minister to meet with senior police officers in Downing Street after disorder in parts of EnglandGPs in England are to stage industrial action for the first time in 60 years amid a row over funding, a move that experts have warned could have a catastrophic effect on the entire healthcare system.In a ballot run by the British Medical Association (BMA), family doctors voted in favour of taking collective action in protest at the previous government increasing their budget by only 1.9% this year.It is now time for John Swinney or his cabinet secretary to intervene with a solution, that is what we are waiting for.Twenty-six councils will have strike action in two weeks’ time, and the only resolution to that will be if Cosla and the Scottish government can work with the trade unions to find a solution.I think we are nearly there, but local governments across Scotland are stretched to their maximum and we need the government, as they have done the last few years, to support local government and our trade unions and Cosla to find that little bit more and avert strike action.” Continue reading...
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