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Minggu, 06 November 2022

Nurses set to strike in first ever national action - as patients braced for disruption - Sky News

Nurses across the UK are set to strike in the first ever national action over a pay dispute.

The strike ballot among more than 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) was the biggest ever in the union's 106-year history.

Although counting is still under way, it is understood that RCN officials believe enough members have voted for winter industrial action which is set to take place within a few weeks, possibly before Christmas.

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen said: "Our strike action will be as much for patients as it is for nurses - we have their support in doing this."

The exact nature of the strike action is yet to be determined, but it will likely see patients face disruption to operations and appointments while already facing record NHS waiting lists.

A union source told the Observer newspaper: "This will see the majority of services taken out, and picket lines across the country."

The RCN said there are record nursing vacancies and in the last year 25,000 nursing staff around the UK left the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.

Recent analysis showed an experienced nurse's salary has fallen by 20% in real terms since 2010, the union said, adding that the goodwill and expertise of nursing staff is being "exploited" by governments across the UK.

The RCN is campaigning for a pay rise of 5% above inflation.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt already face the huge challenge of tackling a £50bn hole in public finances.

Mrs Cullen said: "Patients are at great risk when there aren't enough nurses.

"Huge numbers of staff - both experienced and newer recruits - are deciding they cannot see a future in a nursing profession that is not valued nor treated fairly."

She added: "As we begin action, politicians in every part of the UK will be challenged to back their nursing staff and understand the strength of public support."

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2022-11-06 01:48:31Z
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Extra bank holiday approved to mark King's coronation - BBC

Queen Consort Camilla and King Charles III

By Jasmine Andersson

BBC News

An extra bank holiday will take place across the UK to mark the coronation of King Charles III next year.

It will fall on Monday, 8 May 2023, two days after the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the government said.

That holiday is in addition to the bank holiday already scheduled for Monday, 1 May.

Confirming the move, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the time off would give people the chance to "come together and celebrate".

He said that the holiday would mark "a unique moment for our country".

"I look forward to seeing people come together to celebrate and pay tribute to King Charles III by taking part in local and national events across the country in his honour."

The announcement follows calls from MPs for an extra public holiday to mark the ceremony, which will be held at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May.

Scheduling the holiday on 8 May will also avoid a clash with local elections, which will take place in England on Thursday, 4 May.

Election officials warned that if Friday, 5 May, became a bank holiday, it would disrupt the vote count as it would affect staffing.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who approved the bank holiday in Scotland, said: "Scotland will want to send its best wishes to His Majesty, King Charles III, and The Queen Consort."

King Charles III will make history as the oldest monarch to assume the throne at 73 years old.

Royal sources suggest that his coronation ceremony will be markedly different to that of Elizabeth II - it will be shorter, more diverse and with a much smaller number of guests.

The Queen Consort will also be crowned on the same date, in a similar but simpler ceremony.

Bank holidays have taken place to mark royal occasions in the past, including the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales on 29 April, 2011.

Earlier this year, the UK had a four-day bank holiday weekend for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

An extra bank holiday was created on 3 June, and the last bank holiday in May was moved to 2 June to extend the celebration of the Queen's 70th year as a monarch.

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2022-11-06 00:43:49Z
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Date set for bank holiday to mark King's coronation - Sky News

Britons will get an extra day off next year thanks to the King's coronation.

Just was the case for the Queen's coronation back in 1953, a bank holiday will give people across the country an opportunity to come together to celebrate.

It will fall in all four nations of the UK on Monday 8 May, following the coronation on Saturday 6 May.

The coronation will be held at Westminster Abbey, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Tipped to be shorter and more modest than previous ceremonies, with some suggesting it will last an hour, it will see King Charles crowned alongside his wife, Camilla, the Queen Consort.

The palace has said the ceremony would "reflect the monarch's role today and looks towards the future" while staying "rooted in long-standing traditions and pageantry".

By comparison, the Queen's coronation on 2 June 1953 took three hours with a congregation of 8,000 dignitaries.

Rishi Sunak, already the King's second PM since taking the throne in September, said: "The coronation of a new monarch is a unique moment for our country.

"In recognition of this historic occasion, I am pleased to announce an additional bank holiday for the whole United Kingdom next year.

"I look forward to seeing people come together to celebrate and pay tribute to King Charles III by taking part in local and national events across the country in his honour."

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2022-11-06 00:03:55Z
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Nurses set to hold first UK-wide strike - BBC

Nurses with placards outside the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Victoria Tower Gardens, London

By Nick Triggle

Health correspondent

The first UK-wide strike by nurses looks set to go ahead.

The Royal College of Nursing is due to unveil the results of a ballot, which ended last week, in the next few days.

The final results are being counted but RCN source say a large majority of nurses have voted in favour of action in a dispute over pay.

The RCN had recommended to its 300,000 members that they walk out. If strikes take place, they would affect non-urgent but not emergency care.

The government had appealed to nurses to "carefully consider" the impact on patients.

But Pat Cullen, RCN general secretary and chief executive, said: "Huge numbers of staff - both experienced and newer recruits - are deciding they cannot see a future in a nursing profession that is not valued nor treated fairly.

She added: "Our strike action will be as much for patients as it is for nurses. We have their support in doing this."

The RCN had called for a rise of 5% above the RPI inflation rate which currently stands at above 12%, but no UK nation has offered close to that.

In England and Wales, NHS staff, including nurses, have been given an average of 4.75% more, with extra for the lowest paid.

In Scotland, 5% was initially offered to NHS staff, but that has been changed to a flat rate of just over £2,200, which works out at just over 8% for a newly-qualified nurse. In Northern Ireland, nurses are yet to receive a pay award.

During the ballot, the RCN had argued this year's below-inflation pay award came after years of squeezes on nurse's salaries.

Research commissioned by the union has found average pay fell by 6% between 2011 and 2021 - once inflation was taken into account - compared with a 4.6% drop for the whole economy.

Starting salaries for nurses in England are currently just above £27,000, rising to nearly £55,000 for the most senior nurses.

The RCN said the average pay for a full-time established nurse was just above £32,000 last year - similar to average pay across the economy.

But the government has argued it has met the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body in giving its award.

And it followed a 3% pay rise last year, in recognition of work during the pandemic, despite a public-sector pay freeze.

This is the first time the RCN has balloted all its members for strike action in its 106-year history.

In 2019, RCN members went on strike in Northern Ireland over pay, while nurses who are members of Unison in England walked out in 2014 over pay.

A host of other major health unions, including Unison, the Royal College of Midwives, GMB and Unite, have all started to, or are planning to, ballot members.

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2022-11-05 23:32:55Z
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Robert Jenrick: 'Unacceptable' violence at Harmondsworth centre - BBC

Officers at Harmondsworth immigration centre

By Charley Adams

BBC News

"Unacceptable levels of violence" took place at a west London immigration removal centre during a power cut, the immigration minister has said.

During the incident it is understood a group of detainees left their rooms and went into the courtyard armed with various weapons at Harmondsworth removal centre. No-one was injured.

Robert Jenrick expects the centre to be emptied by the end of the day.

He said those responsible for the violence would be "held to account".

The disorder took place at the premises following an "unprecedented and sustained" loss of power overnight at the detention facility in Harmondsworth, near Heathrow Airport.

It holds hundreds of men, including adult male asylum seekers, foreign offenders awaiting deportation and men who are in the UK illegally.

The Home Office said no detainees had left the premises and those involved had since been returned to their rooms.

In a statement Mr Jenrick, who visited the centre on Saturday, said: "Thankfully no staff working or individuals detained there were hurt, despite clear evidence of unacceptable levels of violence and disorder.

"The priority now is to move people to other centres while engineers fix the power fault and repair any damage...

"The perpetrators of this disturbance will be held to account and, where appropriate, removed from the country as swiftly as is practicable."

Metropolitan Police officers attended the incident on Friday evening but no arrests were made and the Prison Service's own riot squad was not called out.

A government report on the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre found some concerns with the site including living conditions "below an acceptable standard", following a scrutiny visit last year.

The chief inspector of prisons reported filthy cell toilets, problems with pests and dilapidated communal showers.

Other concerns raised included high levels of vulnerability among detainees, people assessed to be at risk of harm being held for too long and detainees being locked in their cells during lunch and overnight.

The purpose-built immigration removal centre opened in 2000 and has a capacity of about 670 people. It is run by contractors Mitie Care and Custody.

The centre has had a controversial history. In October 2012, detainee Prince Fosu, 31, was found dead on the floor of his cell, and two firms running the centre faced prosecution.

In 2018, the CPS reversed its decision saying the firms should not face health and safety charges.

Conditions at the centre were described as "desolate" by a 2016 report, which said some detainees were being held for too long.

How many migrants cross the Channel in small boats?

It comes as the government has faced widespread criticism this week for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre in Kent.

The Manston processing centre came under the spotlight after reports emerged that migrants, including families, were being held for four weeks, in breach of the law.

The site, meant to hold people for no more than 24 hours, was built to hold 1,600 migrants at any one time - but Home Office minister Chris Philp said there was more like 4,000 there on Monday.

Defending the government after criticism of its handling of the situation, Mr Philp said on Friday there had been a "dramatic improvement" in conditions.

Mr Philp, the area's MP, admitted mistakes had been made after two groups of migrants from the Manston centre had been left stranded in London.

He said both groups had told immigration officials they had addresses to go to but "that turned out subsequently not to be the case".

"Quite how that misunderstanding arose, maybe it was lost in translation, I don't know, but clearly they have now all been looked after," he said.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the challenge of migrants entering the UK via the English Channel as "serious and unprecedented" in an interview with the Times on Saturday.

"There's no easy overnight fix to that challenge," he said.

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2022-11-05 20:37:45Z
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Detainees cause disturbance at London immigration centre - BBC

By Charley Adams

BBC News

Detainees have caused a "disturbance" at a London immigration removal centre during a power outage, the Home Office says.

No one was injured during the incident at the Harmondsworth detention centre in West London.

It is understood that a group of detainees left their rooms and went into the courtyard at the immigration centre armed with various weaponry.

There was a power cut at the premises in the early hours of Saturday.

The power was still out at the premises in west London just before 0900 GMT and the Home Office said work was under way to resolve the issue.

The government said no detainees had left the premises and those involved had since been returned to their rooms.

Police officers and the HM Prison Service are at the scene. The Metropolitan Police said officers attended the incident at 0745.

The detention facility in West Drayton, near Heathrow Airport, holds hundreds of men, including adult male asylum seekers, foreign offenders awaiting deportation and men who are in the UK illegally.

A government report on the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre found some concerns with the site including living conditions "below an acceptable standard", following a scrutiny visit last year.

The chief inspector of prisons reported filthy cell toilets, problems with pests and dilapidated communal showers.

The purpose-built immigration removal centre opened in 2000 and has a capacity of about 670 people. It is run by contractors Mitie Care and Custody.

The centre has had a controversial history. In October 2012, detainee Prince Fosu, 31, was found dead on the floor of his cell, and two firms running the centre faced prosecution.

In 2018, the CPS reversed its decision saying the firms should not face health and safety charges.

Conditions at the centre were described as "desolate" by a 2016 report, which said some detainees were being held for too long.

How many migrants cross the Channel in small boats?

It comes as the government has faced widespread criticism this week for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre in Kent.

The Manston processing centre came under the spotlight after reports emerged that migrants, including families, were being held for four weeks, in breach of the law.

The site, meant to hold people for no more than 24 hours, was built to hold 1,600 migrants at any one time - but Home Office minister Chris Philp said there was more like 4,000 there on Monday.

Defending the government after criticism of its handling of the situation, Mr Philp said on Friday there had been a "dramatic improvement" in conditions.

Mr Philp, the area's MP, admitted mistakes had been made after two groups of migrants from the Manston centre had been left stranded in London.

He told Sky News both groups had told immigration officials they had addresses to go to but "that turned out subsequently not to be the case".

"Quite how that misunderstanding arose, maybe it was lost in translation, I don't know, but clearly they have now all been looked after," he said.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the challenge of migrants entering the UK via the English Channel as "serious and unprecedented" in an interview with the Times on Saturday.

"There's no easy overnight fix to that challenge," he said.

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2022-11-05 12:31:46Z
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'Disturbance' at immigration removal centre following power outage - Sky News

A group of people at a west London immigration removal centre caused "disturbance" on Saturday morning, the Home Office has claimed.

No one was injured during the incident at Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport, but the power was still out just before 9am on Saturday, the department said.

The Home Office initially claimed that a "group of detainees left their rooms" and went into a courtyard area "armed with various weaponry", but later withdrew that claim.

Police, fire and HM Prison services are at the scene.

A Home Office spokesperson added: "There has been a power outage at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre, and work is currently underway to resolve this issue.

"We are aware of a disturbance at the centre and the appropriate authorities have been notified and are on scene.

"The welfare and safety of staff and individuals detained at Harmondsworth is our key priority."

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2022-11-05 09:00:00Z
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