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Racism never went away – it simply changed shape

Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic division” with its “racist rhetoric”.

The Conversation

Prostate cancer screening should not be offered to most men in the UK, say government advisers

Health secretary Wes Streeting said he would consider the findings

The Independent UK

Prostate cancer screening: Committee says no to testing all men

The UK National Screening Committee said there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men.

Evening Standard

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Wes Streeting calls BMA ‘impossible’ and says they made ‘misleading’ claims

Health secretary responds to speech given by GP committee leader accusing Labour of ‘gaslighting’ behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting makes damning BMA claims in explosive letter to GPs

The Health Secretary and the BMA are in dispute over changes to how patients can contact their family doctors

The Independent UK

‘I was left in agony after cancer surgery – but hospital staff wouldn’t help’

Exclusive: Patient said she suffered nightmares following stay at under-fire NHS trust criticised by health watchdog over staff shortages

The Independent UK

Inquiry into rogue surgeon to hear opening statements

The Eljamel Inquiry was formally set up by Scotland’s Health Secretary earlier this year.

Evening Standard

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Streeting gives major pre-Budget speech on child poverty fuelling further leadership speculation

The health secretary’s intervention came on the eve of Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break budget

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch calls on Wes Streeting to stop puberty blocker trial

The Health Secretary has said the trial will ‘provide better evidence for how the NHS can support and treat young people with gender incongruence’.

Evening Standard

Milkshakes and lattes to come under sugar tax rules – Streeting

Manufacturers will have to pay the new tax or change their products to fall under the threshold.

Evening Standard

Milkshakes and lattes will be included in sugar tax in bid to tackle obesity crisis

Wes Streeting addressed the House of Commons on Tuesday

The Independent UK

'Fed up': Minister slams talk of coronation for Wes Streeting after coup against Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary’s allies are said to be pushing for him to be installed as Labour leader, and PM, rather than a contest against a Left-winger such as Angela Rayner

Evening Standard

Milkshakes and lattes to be included in UK sugar tax in bid to tackle obesity

The government will remove the current exemption for milk-based beverages from the levy on sugary drinks

The Independent UK

More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening

Rishi Sunak hands health secretary open letter calling for testing for men at the highest risk

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Private finance plans for NHS buildings

Letters: Johnbosco Nwogbo says adding a new private finance debt burden is a bad idea, while Lord Hutton thinks PFIs have been good for the NHS and patients

Evening Standard

Louise Thompson says she’ll never be able to have another child after trauma of son’s birth and series of health issues

The reality TV star, 35, says she nearly died while giving birth to her son, now four, during an emergency caesarean section

The Independent UK

Reeves to scrap two-child benefit cap in Budget to appease Labour rebels

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves set to tack hard to the left in the Budget in a bid to prevent an attempt to force a change of leadership by Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK

Four top Labour figures could beat Starmer in a leadership race, poll finds

Research shows members would back Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting over PM

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The Independent UK

Burnham heads list of candidates by Labour members to replace Starmer

The Greater Manchester mayor is one of four Labour politicians, including Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting, who Labour Party members would vote for to replace Keir Starmer, according to a new poll

The Guardian - UK

Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says

Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so

The Conversation

Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?

Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations.

Evening Standard

‘I will always be respectful to journalists’, says PM after Trump’s ‘piggy’ slur

Footage has emerged of the US president uttering the insult at journalist Catherine Lucey as he took questions on Air Force One last week.

Evening Standard

Starmer dismisses coup talk as wasted time and praises Burnham’s work as mayor

Last week’s extraordinary briefing war within the Labour Party focused attention on the Prime Minister’s position.

The Independent UK

Second Labour MP calls for Keir Starmer to resign

The Prime Minister has dismissed talk of leadership challenges as ‘wasted’ time

The Independent UK

Warning NHS will ‘struggle to fill’ roles if foreign doctors leave UK

Doctors who qualified outside of the UK currently make up around 42 per cent of the workforce

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