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Abolishing NHS England gets full marks for ambition

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: It’s an extremely bold decision by Starmer to overhaul Britain’s biggest employer but it’s a task every government has attempted – and so far failed

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting’s ‘high-stakes’ abolition of NHS England will cut 10,000 jobs

Changes proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministers

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the abolition of NHS England: political cover for a funding fight

Editorial: Labour’s health service shake-up aims to cut waste and shift resources, but the looming funding gap raises doubts about its impact

The Guardian - UK

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Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’

Influential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’

The Guardian - UK

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Scotland’s first minister holds ‘warm’ meeting with Eric Trump in Edinburgh

John Swinney says business meeting focused on Trump family’s golfing interests, days after Turnberry course was targeted by protesters

The Guardian - UK

UK ploughs £1.3bn into army recruitment to bolster depleted armed forces

Exclusive: It’s hoped the spending boost will fill a gaping hole in staffing levels as UK readies itself to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

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Cutting benefits won’t help disabled people into work

Letters: Any welfare cuts are going to have hideous consequences for people with health conditions, says Heather Bingham. Plus letters from Carolyn Sutton, Michael Miller, Sacha Deshmukh and Dr Natalie Symes

The Guardian - UK

UK warns Russian economy will be ‘crippled’ without a peace deal with Ukraine

Downing Street backed Donald Trump’s warnings of ‘very bad’ financial consequences for Moscow if Vladimir Putin fails to co-operate with peace talks.

Evening Standard

Why is NHS England being axed – and will it save the government money?

The NHS England workforce will be halved in a bid to slash costs and cut duplication, but will it work?

The Independent UK

How many ministers does it take to deliver a speech on efficiency savings?

Keir Starmer says he loves civil servants so much he is abolishing NHS England to give them more time to do other things

The Guardian - UK

Arrests of young terror suspects hits seven-year high

There were 71 youths arrested for terrorist-related activity under the age of 21 in the year to December 2024.

Evening Standard

NHS England to be abolished to ‘cut bureaucracy’ and save millions – Starmer

NHS England is a public body delivering services with taxpayers’ money.

Evening Standard

Zelensky attacks Putin's 'manipulative' statement on Ukraine ceasefire plan as Trump urges Russia to 'do the right thing'

Ukraine’s leader says Russia's president is preparing a rejection of the ceasefire proposal.

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The Independent UK

NHS England abolished to return healthcare to government control

More than 9,000 jobs will be lost

Evening Standard

How will the tariff wars impact me? Sir Keir Starmer says 'all options on table'

Labour government considering options after 25 per cent steel and aluminium tariff imposed

The Guardian - UK

Why has NHS England been abolished and what does it mean for patients?

We look at what the organisation does, after Keir Starmer’s attack on ‘two layers of bureaucracy’

The Independent UK

North Sea collision: Police granted more time to question ship’s captain

The man is being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter

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The Independent UK

Starmer insists ‘there’s no return to austerity’ despite benefits and civil service cuts

The government has axed NHS England and is expected to unveil billions of pounds of cuts to benefit spending

Evening Standard

Starmer: ‘Tariff war’ with US not in the UK’s national interest

Sir Keir Starmer defended the UK’s decision not to immediately retaliate to Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs.

Evening Standard

Starmer says welfare system indefensible on ‘moral’ terms amid backlash

The Prime Minister denied Britain would be ‘returning to austerity’ under the changes but said the cost of benefits was ‘going through the roof.’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Margaret Thatcher would have loved Keir Starmer — he's now more Tory than the Tories

With policies echoing Thatcher, Keir Starmer is steering Labour towards a more right-wing stance

Evening Standard

NHS England: What is it and what does it do?

The quango employs more than 15,000 staff.

Evening Standard

Putin’s ‘appetite for conflict’ will grow without Ukraine peace deal – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments came as diplomatic efforts continued to find an end to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

PM signals he will take on ‘watchdog state’ of blocker bodies and agencies

The Prime Minister wants to reverse a sense among politicians ‘that we don’t trust ourselves’ to take decisions.

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