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Sir Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced on March 13 that the government will move to abolish NHS England in the next two years. During this period, the government plans to bring its functions under the UK’s health ministry, with the aim of bringing the health service “into democratic…

A Scottish Labour minister has been slammed after making a "misleading" claim about Scotland's NHS ...

There are more than 300 ‘quangos’ in the UK – and the largest is now set to be axed

Gabor Kabacs died in May 2024 after being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone cancer usually seen in adolescents

The PM sounds like Elon Musk when promising to fight the ‘blockers’, but his government’s plans will weaken the link between peoples and politics, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

In today’s newsletter: Arguments for and against Labour’s surprise closure of quango at top of the health service

Here are the biggest stories leading Friday’s papers.

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience highlighted a reliance on manufacturers in countries such as China for ingredients in certain antibiotics.

Trials have taken place in London as supporters of the project seek to use an alternative to antidepressants to help people with mild symptoms.