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Onwards and sideways for Keir after another U-turn leaves him going nowhere

Having lost the faith of his party and the public, the prime minister turns to dad jokes – and he’s even worse at those than running the country

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Over-budget and under-regulated – the NHS’s ADHD crisis

In today’s newsletter: With NHS England set to double its budgeted spending on ADHD services this year, the system is at breaking point – patients are being failed and private providers are cleaning up

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia

The Guardian - UK

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Wes breaks cover to challenge Keir – without even mentioning him

In a keynote speech, Streeting, the natural salesman, made one thing clear: he was ready whenever the call might come

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately

Kerry McCarthy says X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children

The Independent UK

What is norovirus? Symptoms you need to know as NHS critical incidents declared

Cases of norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, are adding further strain on the NHS as it struggles to keep up with the demand

The Independent UK

We can’t keep getting it wrong first time, Streeting admits after series of government U-turns

Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’

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NHS 'overspending by £164m a year on ADHD services' amid surge in private assessments

It comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced a review into ADHD diagnoses

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting attacks centre-left for ‘excuses culture’ of blaming civil service

In remarks that will be seen as criticism of Starmer allies, health secretary says own side are helping right ‘roll the pitch’

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Tories call for block on Chinese super-embassy amid claims of hidden chamber near sensitive cables – as it happened

Shadow home office minister Alicia Kearns says unredacted plans show 208 secret rooms and approving plans would be ‘insanity’

The Guardian - UK

Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour

Foreign Office and MoD among only four departments with declining morale in annual Whitehall monitor report

The Guardian - UK

Calls for SMA screening ignored before Jesy Nelson campaign, say families

For those who have spent years trying to raise awareness, Wes Streeting’s intervention is ‘bittersweet’

The Guardian - UK

NHS staff face ‘national emergency’ as patient violence hits 285 incidents a day

Nearly 300,000 violent and sexual assaults recorded by NHS trusts in England over three years, Guardian analysis shows

The Guardian - UK

Greens could join pact with Labour to stop Farage – but only if Starmer is replaced as leader, Polanski says

Exclusive: Zack Polanski tells The Independent that doing a deal with a Starmer-led Labour Party would ‘lead to a worse version of Nigel Farage’

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Streeting warns NHS ‘not out of the woods yet’ as flu cases spike

The number of patients in hospital beds has risen by 9 per cent on the previous week, NHS figures show

The Independent UK

Fresh humiliation for Starmer as Labour falls into third place after new year relaunch flounders

A More In Common poll has put Labour down two points on 19 per cent, behind both Reform and the Tories

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer must stand up to ‘thieving Trump’, ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace says

Former defence secretary attacks PM’s ‘mealy-mouthed’ response to Trump threat to attack Greenland

Evening Standard

'Cowardly, craven approach': Labour infighting erupts as MPs attack ministers over Venezuela response

Labour backbenchers have rounded on Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet after their refusals to criticise President Donald Trump for his military intervention in Venezuela

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The Independent UK

Jesy Nelson ‘right to challenge’ rare genetic diagnosis process, says minister

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Evening Standard

Starmer and European allies ‘will not stop defending’ Greenland amid US threat

US president Donald Trump has said taking over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, is vital for his country’s national security.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting supports Jesy Nelson’s call for improved spinal muscular atrophy screenings

Health Secretary was responding to news shared by the former Little Mix star that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy

Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson ‘right to challenge’ twins’ diagnosis process, says Streeting

The Health Secretary was responding to news shared by the former Little Mix star that her babies have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

The Independent UK

Beleaguered Starmer appeals for unity at first cabinet meeting of the year

It comes as Labour slip to third place in a YouGov poll, with ongoing questions over whether the prime minister will be pushed out by his MPs

The Independent UK

Starmer prepares Brexit ‘reset’ bill to align UK with EU law

The prime minister has promised to reset Britain’s relationship with Brussels and rebuild ties with the bloc after years of tension and mistrust under the Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting warns of ‘disintegration’ of rules-based world order after Venezuela attack

UK health secretary declines to criticise Donald Trump directly but suggests he is disturbed by events of recent days

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