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New Covid variant XBB.1.5 'most transmissible yet' as UK 'concerned' about new wave

The subvariant XBB.1.5 has been identified by the World Health Organisation as being more infectious than previous strains.

Daily Record

Keir Starmer pledges ‘Take Back Control’ bill to shift power out of Westminster under Labour Government

The Labour leader said his government would ‘embrace’ the catchphrase used by Vote Leave during the Brexit Referendum, turning it from a ‘slogan to a solution’

Evening Standard

Dad can't afford to keep son alive as he pays £1,000 a month for cannabis

The NHS will not cover the cost of the drug that helps stop Charlie, five, having 120 seizures a day

Wales Online

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Starmer says Labour’s vision for government will not lead to big spending

The Opposition leader is expected to declare that putting him in No 10 would not result in getting a ‘big government chequebook out’.

The Independent UK

Retired nurse speaks of despair as her mum, 87, waits 32 hours to be put into Lanarkshire hospital ward

A concerned retired nurse contacted us from the A&E department of University Hospital Wishaw as her 87-year-old mum had been there from 11am the previous day.

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak’s five pledges: What are they and can they be achieved?

The Prime Minister used his first major speech of the new year to set out five pledges he said would address “the people’s priorities”, including halving inflation by the end of the year and and bringing down NHS waiting lists. Mr Sunak said he will work “night and day” to…

Evening Standard

Missing health chief Steve Barclay spotted as pressure mounts over NHS crisis

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has been accused of being all-but absent during recent weeks, as NHS staff took historic industrial action and ambulances queue up outside hospitals

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Dad, 58, died on Christmas Eve waiting for ambulance after three 999 calls

By the time paramedics arrived there was nothing they could do

Wales Online

Northern Ireland’s struggling education system facing another crisis year, school leaders warn

"The entire education system – from pre-school to third level – is braced for unchartered waters as the crisis in the sector deepens"

Belfast Live

Five deaths linked to Strep A in Scotland between Christmas and New Year

Public Health Scotland said it was aware of 12 deaths among invasive group A streptococcal infections (iGAS) cases over the period October 3 last year to January 1, 2023.

Daily Record

New Covid variant 'most transmissible yet' hits UK as NHS drugs run out

People asked to keep children off school with symptoms and to wear masks if unwell to avoid passing it on

Nottingham Post

What the papers say – January 5

The PM’s plan to restore Britain and pledge to fix the health sector dominate the papers.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to promise ‘decade of national renewal’ in first speech of 2023

Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to ‘give people a sense of possibility again, show light at the end of the tunnel’.

The Independent UK

Your boss will earn more by this afternoon than you will earn all year

The average chief exec earns more by the afternoon of January 5 than the average worker will in the whole of 2023

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Mum of four had heart attack and died after waiting 11 hours for ambulance

Hannah left behind four children days before Christmas after being promised a 'blue light response'

Daily Record

Scotland needs a National Care Service right now

'Bold reform' is required after Scots had to suffer long waits at A&E over Christmas, says Record View.

The Independent UK

Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’

High Pay Centre data suggested that FTSE 100 company chiefs would have earned an average of £33,000 by 2pm.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says Labour would reverse PM’s plan for anti-strike law

‘Minimum service level’ legislation covering sectors including health expected to be announced this week

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The Guardian - UK

‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’

PM makes five pledges for public to judge him against, but gives little detail or timescale

The Guardian - UK

Labour will not open ‘big government chequebook’, Starmer to say

Party leader’s new year speech to promise ‘national renewal’ if elected but stress role of private sector too

The Guardian - UK

Labour dismisses Rishi Sunak’s five new pledges as mostly ‘so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them’ – as it happened

Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak strives to be reassuring but is five-point plan all sleight of hand?

PM plans a ‘no tricks’ reset but with an inflation fall already expected this is more about hanging on at an election

Liverpool Echo

People are less than impressed with Rishi Sunak's five promises for 2023

The Prime Minister was hoping to reboot his faltering premiership today - but many questions remain

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak pledges to slash inflation as Tory Prime Minister tries to win over critics

The SNP dismissed Sunak's speech and claimed it was an "an advert for why Scotland needs independence."

The Independent UK

Sunak: NHS patients are not getting the care they deserve

The Prime Minister said that ‘something has to change’ in the health service.

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