Police to get above-inflation boost after 11th-hour spending review wrangling Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to announce real-terms increases to the budget for forces. The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
Spending review boost for 'broken' police service after last-minute wrangling Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to announce real-terms increases to the budget for police forces Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
NHS calls for a million blood donors as stocks run low NHS says there is a ‘critical’ need for more donors who have so-called universal blood type - O negative blood - needed for treatment in emergencies Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
Nurses to vote on pay deal amid concerns of industrial action Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will be asked if the pay award is enough. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
NHS desperately seeks 200,000 more blood donors to avoid critical situation Blood stocks have been ‘challenging’ for the past year The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
NHS spends £1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing The union said the figure could be even higher as half of trusts it approached did not reveal their spending. The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
TV doctor Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill to die if law changed Last month, MPs approved a change in the Bill to ensure no medics would be obliged to take part in assisted dying. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
'Golden Dose' Mounjaro Hack Goes Viral — But Experts Say It Could Kill You The Mounjaro 'golden dose' hack is trending online, but doctors warn it could be dangerous — even deadly. Here's what you need to know. International Business Times UK · Jun 8, 2025
Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Voices: Government needs the can-do mindset I experienced in the Army to push change through fast COMMENT: Labour MP for Dover and Deal Mike Tapp despairs at the endless consultations and internal turf wars that stifle government action, and says that Whitehall must operate with a sense of mission, not maintenance The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
Resident doctors should vote against strike action Letters: A strike would harm patients and the NHS, write John Oldham, Clare Gerada, David Colin-Thome, Prof James Kingsland, Dr Fiona Cornish and Prof John Ashton The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Senior medics in England say more resident doctor strikes would be futile Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHS The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
The winners and losers in Labour’s first spending review Rachel Reeves will promise a £113bn capital boost for infrastructure – but there will be day-to-day spending cuts too The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Midwife struck off over claim vaccines ‘attacked babies in the womb’ Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Midwife struck off after claiming vaccines ‘attacked babies’ on social media Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The National (Scotland) · Jun 8, 2025 Furious Anas Sarwar accuses BBC of asking 'embarrassing' questions about UK policy A furious Anas Sarwar accused a BBC journalist of asking “embarassing” questions after he refused to speak about damaging Westminster policy…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025 Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think I broadened his perspective’ They bonded over their backgrounds and both feel let down by Labour, but did the subject of NHS funding nip their blossoming friendship in the bud?
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’ Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government will commit to the biggest-ever spend per pupil next week.
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Outrage as boy, 8, turned away from treatment at London NHS clinic 'because he attends private school' Mother blames Labour's VAT raid on private school fees for emboldening the NHS to deny her son help with his crippling joint condition
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Weight-loss jabs may need to be taken for life, experts warn Professor Graham Easton said much like blood pressure drugs, ‘if you want lifelong effects, you have to keep on them lifelong’.
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025 Experts warn that weight-loss jabs may need to be taken for life Experts said the jabs should not be seen as the first option in weight loss
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025 NHS to get £30bn boost over three years at expense of other services Policing and local councils among areas facing real-terms cuts in the spending review on Wednesday
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Ex-Reform chairman Zia Yusuf ‘snapped’ after a tirade of abuse from ‘extreme right’, claims Farage Zia Yusuf quit the party on Thursday saying he no longer believes working to get Reform elected is a good use of time
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Voices: Rachel Reeves is undermined by a ‘spend now, pay later’ prime minister COMMENT: John Rentoul says Sir Keir Starmer is guilty of Trussonomics, albeit on a smaller scale, making promises without knowing how to pay for them – hoping that the chancellor can sort it out later
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025 Anti-austerity demonstration sees thousands protest Labour spending cuts in London Many participants held signs reading ‘welfare, not warfare’