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False hope is worse than no hope. Labour won’t make promises it can’t keep

Tory mismanagement of public finances will make the party’s task difficult if it wins power, and that is why we won’t pledge what we can’t deliver on, writes shadow health secretary Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer has finally used the C-word: acknowledging the barriers of class that still divide us

Labour’s new education policy aims to give all children a better start, but there’s a lot of damage to undo, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

‘Vanishingly small’ chance Sunak can cut NHS waiting lists by election, warn experts

PM on course to break his promise after his other big pledges thrown into doubt

The Independent UK

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NHS waiting list will ‘probably go up’ in England, says minister

Maria Caulfield claims NHS will be ‘thriving’ in 25 years’ time, and says wait times are shorter despite record 7.4m figure

The Guardian - UK

Record NHS waiting lists will 'probably go up higher' admits Tory minister

Health Minister Maria Caulfield was challenged over the dire backlog for NHS treatment as 7.4 million people languish on waiting lists in England

Daily Mirror

Tony Blair says NHS is finished unless private sector used more

Sir Tony said there is no future for the NHS without fully embracing the tech revolution

The Independent UK

Restless Labour impatient for power but questions over strategy remain

Senior party figures insist they are taking nothing for granted amid concern about whether voters know what Keir Starmer stands for

The Guardian - UK

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Man who led review into Manchester Arena attack Lord Bob Kerslake dead at 68

Lord Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said

Manchester Evening News

Tributes paid to ‘true public servant’ Lord Kerslake after peer dies

Lord Bob Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said

Evening Standard

Lord Kerslake: Tributes paid to ‘true public servant’ after death announced

Lord Bob Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s NHS plan explained in five points

The government is promising “the biggest ever expansion in workforce training in the NHS’s history” as it announces “historic” plans to boost doctor numbers.

The Week

Kate Garraway wipes away tears on Good Morning Britain over Derek Draper’s support

The broadcaster, who was awarded an MBE earlier this week, said she was ‘on a bit of a hair-trigger emotionally’

Evening Standard

Wimbledon staff furious over £20 pasta for lunch

Since last year’s tournament, prices on the staff menu have risen

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway reduced to tears after issuing warning after suffering near-malfunction on air

She was overcome with emotion on the ITV news programme alongside Ben Shephard

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

NHS plan explained: More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers expected

The proposal hailed as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to put staffing in the service on sustainable footing

The Independent UK

Streeting ‘to come down like a ton of bricks’ on vaping firms targeting children

He said a Labour government would take decisive action on the issue, including banning branding and advertising of vapes to children.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting: ‘If you vote Rishi, who are you going to get? Suella, Kemi? Things can get worse than this’

If Labour needed a poster boy for Pride and a bright future, Wes Streeting would be the ideal candidate. Anna van Praagh meets the East End boy done good

Evening Standard

Labour pledge to build new hospital in Hillingdon by end of first term in Government

Labour has pledged to build a new hospital in Hillingdon by the end of their first term in Government – just weeks before a crucial by-election in the constituency.

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The Guardian - UK

One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up by Wes Streeting review – memoir by a man on the move

The shadow health secretary’s way with a cliche doesn’t much hinder his compelling story of overcoming adversity – and bankrobbing relatives

The Independent UK

Furious row as Rishi Sunak accused of weaponising trans debate to win votes

Wes Streeting said prime minister was using equality ‘as a ‘wedge issue’ in an ugly culture war’

The Independent UK

Hundreds of mourners gather for vigil to honour Zara Aleena

Crowds wore white and carried pictures of Ms Aleena.

Daily Mirror

Slippery Rishi Sunak accused of misleading MPs over record NHS waiting lists

Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged Rishi Sunak to come clean after he wrongly claimed at Prime Minister's Questions that 'we are reducing waiting lists'

The Guardian - UK

Could a binge drinker be taken seriously as health secretary?

Letters: We don’t need a paragon of virtue, but we do need someone who can lead by example, writes one reader in response to Wes Streeting saying he’s a binge drinker on nights out

Daily Mirror

David Cameron heckled 'shame on you' after defending Tory cuts at Covid Inquiry

David Cameron faced questions over the austerity cuts to public services under his leadership between 2010 and 2016 as he became the first politician to be grilled by the Covid Inquiry

Daily Mirror

Families who lost loved ones in Covid pandemic 'sickened' by new Partygate video

Bereaved relatives called on the Metropolitan Police to prosecute those who boozed at the lockdown-busting held in December when socialising indoors was banned in London

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