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Sunak and Starmer grilled in election interviews – four key issues assessed by experts

We’re at around the midway point of the 2024 election campaign and the two main party leaders have undergone a grilling by Sky News. This was not a head-to-head debate but two separate interviews with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, followed by questions from the public.

The Conversation

Top doctors warn shortage of NHS radiologists will rise to 40 per cent by 2028

Staff shortages creating a “toxic cocktail” for NHS cancer services

The Independent UK

Starmer promises ‘long-term strategy’ in business-friendly Labour manifesto

Labour puts economic policy and wealth creation at heart of pitch to win over former Conservative voters

The Guardian - UK

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Deadly cancer treatment delays now ‘routine’ in NHS, say damning reports

Studies sound alarm at state of cancer care with hundreds of thousands waiting months to start essential treatment

The Guardian - UK

Reality check: Sunak’s tax cut claims and Starmer’s pledges

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer took questions from the public on Sky News on Wednesday. We examine their claims on tax, Rwanda deportations and NHS dentists

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer fail to mention Scotland once in election event

RISHI Sunak and Keir Starmer did not mention Scotland once during the Sky News General Election event on Wednesday evening.

The National (Scotland)

Sunak and Starmer grilled on broken pledges but PM feels heat on trust

Prime minister put on the spot about D-day gaffe, while the Labour leader was accused of being ‘political robot’

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When there’s no commercial incentive to develop gene therapy – hospitals will try to fill the gap

Individually, rare diseases are rare, but there are so many rare diseases that over 400 million people are affected worldwide. Together, rare diseases aren’t so rare.

The Conversation

Four tips to avoid being bamboozled by political statistics and data

With a plethora of elections around the world in 2024, voters considering their options can expect to be presented with all kinds of numbers and statistics aimed at giving credibility to various claims from various parties. But data, graphs, percentages and surveys can be misleading or manipulated.

The Conversation

NHS is ‘struggling’ but ‘not destroyed’, chief in England says

Amanda Pritchard rebuts claims service is broken but tells health conference major investment needed

The Guardian - UK

Who should hold the next prime minister to account? Our best hope lies with the Green party

The party’s manifesto, which pledges to use a wealth tax to revitalise our public services, shows it can push Labour to raise its ambitions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar confronted by furious activist over NHS privatisation plans

Anas Sarwar was forced to defend Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting over concerns about NHS privatisation.

The National (Scotland)

Childhood, interrupted: 12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid

More than 110,000 children in England and Scotland are still suffering. For Toby, it has meant pain, crushing fatigue and sadness – as well as months off school

The Guardian - UK

Trust hits new low: 45% of people think politicians put party before country

There is an air of deja vu about this election. Trust and confidence in how Britain is governed is as low as it has ever been – just as it was shortly before the last election five years ago.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Health MOTs’ planned for people aged 65 and over arriving at A&E in England

NHS head to announce upfront tests to identify underlying conditions in hope of reducing hospital overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Conservative manifesto; Farage pelted again; Green candidate defects

In today’s newsletter: Breaking down what was in the Tory manifesto, more items lobbed at the Reform leader, and a surprising defection in Scotland

The Independent UK

Gonorrhoea and syphilis cases are soaring – here’s what you need to know

People should get tested as soon as possible

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Wollaston quits as chair of NHS Devon in protest at further cuts

Former Tory MP and head of health select committee says ‘elastic already stretched too far’

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The Guardian - UK

Cyber-attack on London hospitals to take ‘many months’ to resolve

Exclusive: NHS source says clarity needed on how Russian hackers gained access and whether records are retrievable

The Independent UK

Former senior Tory MP and doctor quits job as NHS chair in disgust at government health cuts

‘No point promising the unachievable, especially if only achievable with unacceptable consequences’ says Dr Sarah Wollaston

The Independent UK

Thousands of blood test samples set to be destroyed after NHS cyberattack

Exclusive: Blood test provider hit by ransomware attack said it is likely to discard the majority of samples it received last week

Evening Standard

Who is Labour's Wes Streeting? Shadow health secretary has eyes on the top job

East Londoner has gone from humble beginnings to the front benches - but could he make it to No 10?

The Guardian - UK

Europe is lurching right on immigration. Despite Farage and Sunak’s best efforts, Britain will not follow

The ugly rhetoric of the Tories and Reform obscures a simple truth: most voters understand the need for foreign workers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it?

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Water births do not increase risk of complications, study finds

Using a water pool during labour for low-risk pregnancies is as safe as giving birth out of water, research shows

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