The Latest Breaking News from Steve Barclay

The Tories have even lost the support of their cheerleaders in the rightwing press, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to consider whether the action was ‘really necessary’.

Simon Clarke, who earns more than £84,000 as an MP, boasted his salary would be much higher in the private sector while arguing that the Government does 'not get the credit' it deserves on NHS pay

Health secretary grilled over lack of resources for ‘worked to the bone’ staff

A mother, whose daughter has a ‘life-threatening condition’, has challenged Health Secretary Steve Barclay over the way health workers are “being worked to the bone” in an exchange caught on camera at a London hospital.

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter Lucy has cystic fibrosis, told Steve Barclay staff are 'worked to the bone' and 'the damage you’re doing to families like myself is terrible'

Crews are still expected to cover life-threatening incidents, but it is not clear whether they will cover all emergency conditions

Chief executive of NHS Providers urged the Government and unions to come to an agreement on pay

So far, the Government has stood firm on its stance on pay, saying the rise demanded by trade unions is unaffordable.