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Report to highlight ‘uncomfortable truths’ and could recommend ‘radical change’, former health secretary says

The OBR projects that Labour has added £11bn on to public spending – largely to pay for welfare reversals

THE former CEO of BAE Systems, the British Airways executive who oversees its lobbying team, the chairman of the Petrochemical giant Ineos and…

The new system resembles Tony Blair’s star-rating regime, which was eventually scrapped. Whether naming and shaming leads to improvements remains to be seen

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has announced plans to abolish NHS England, the organisation that oversees and manages the NHS in England, employing 19,000 people.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The results of a nurses’ survey show that patients are routinely receiving care in hospital corridors and waiting areas. The situation is appalling – but health service managers must now examine how their problems are caused not so much by underfunding as by disorganisation

Fears over the health secretary’s plan are understandable. But patients and doctors alike are now fleeing the service for other providers

SCOTLAND’s Health Secretary has said there are “no plans” to introduce hospital league tables after NHS bosses hit out at plans for them in…