Boris Johnson latest: Michael Gove says former PM is ‘man of integrity’

dr Robert Laurenson, co-chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Junior Doctor Committee, has apologized for the disruptions that will cause further strikes but said he didn’t think they would endanger patients’ lives.

On Sunday’s Sky News program on Sky News, he told Sophy Ridge on whether the new strike will endanger lives: “I don’t think so and indeed the NHS has shown very resilience in our last action which was last week. over a period of 72 hours.”

On canceled appointments and the “huge” NHS backlog, he added: “This strike action, yes it’s causing disruption and I’m sorry for that, but it just goes to show that we have 9,000 secondary care vacancies, we’re down 6,000 GPs , and it is very difficult for patients to access the healthcare they deserve.”

On calls for a 35% pay rise, he added: “So doctors have lost 26.1% in real terms over the last 15 years and what we’re asking for is that that’s restored, so we’re asking that it go back to.” from a zero-cost standpoint in 2008, and what that looks like is an increase of around £5 to £10 an hour. Right now doctors are starting at 14 pounds an hour and we are just asking that that be increased back to 19 pounds an hour.”

Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said the government’s anti-social behavior plan was “nothing”.

She told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “Look, we’ve heard it all before from this administration and I think we have to judge them on their record and the condemnation of the community over the last thirteen years isn’t only decreased by a third, but by two thirds.”

She added: “They abolished the asbo (anti-social behavior orders) regime put in place by the last Labor government and under their watch anti-social behavior has deteriorated, sentencing has fallen immeasurably and we see crimes remain unsolved .

“So yes, we’re hearing these kinds of reboots and another reboot and another announcement to get Sunday media attention, but I don’t think it accomplishes anything.”

Rising rents are “unacceptable,” said Leveling Up Secretary Michael Gove on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

When asked if it was acceptable for rents to rise significantly, Gove replied “no”.

He said “unscrupulous” landlords should “not raise rents and bully tenants”.

The prime minister’s anti-social behavior plan will see increased police presence in pilot areas, according to a cabinet minister.

Community Secretary Michael Gove, speaking to the BBC on Sunday, told Laura Kuenssberg: “It’s a comprehensive plan which will see both more uniformed officers in hotspot areas where crime is a particular problem and anti-social behavior devastating life faster justice people who have been responsible for damaging the area they live in will repair the fabric, the social, the civic fabric of society that they have undermined.

“And investment is also being made to ensure there are alternative activities for young people and that we discourage anti-social behavior before it occurs.”

Mr Gove said £160m would be invested in the scheme.

Asked if anti-social behavior was the right priority for the government given “horrible prosecution rates” for rape and violent crime, the senior Conservative replied: “I think you have to do both, you have to go and chew gum.”

Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove said he had learned from his own experience that it was a “mistake to see drug use as somehow acceptable”.

He has previously admitted to using Class A cocaine.

The Leveling Up secretary asked if some in the public would view ministers’ stance on nitrous oxide as “hypocritical” if they admitted to having used drugs in the past, telling Sky News on Sunday: “No, I think that’s because I learned.”

Pressured by what he’d learned, Mr Gove said: “That it’s a mistake – worse than a mistake – to see drug use as somehow acceptable.”

The impact of Brexit on the economy will depend on the “scale” of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said.

Richard Hughes told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “We believe that in the long term (Brexit) it will reduce our overall performance by around 4% compared to staying in the EU.

“I’m having trouble putting it in any reasonable context.

“It’s a shock to the UK economy on a par with other shocks we’ve seen from the pandemic and the energy crisis.”

Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell said Labor “wants to see” nitrous oxide banned.

She told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday: “I think we want it to be banned too because I think it creates a huge amount of junk, disruption and also challenges from anti-social behaviour.”