Streeting says NHS ‘coping’ during resident doctors’ strike but faces difficult recovery over Christmas – UK politics live 🔗 Five-day industrial action is due to end tomorrow, and health secretary says talks will resume in new yearSixty-three council areas could opt to postpone elections until 2027 after some were already delayed until May 2026 as two-tier authorities are being combined into single unitary councils.The Electoral Commission has raised concerns about the prospect of more delays to council elections in England, saying capacity constraints are not a legitimate reason to postpone long-planned polls. Continue reading... #englishnews #guardian #worldnews #analysis