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Angela Rayner forced to deny pact with Wes Streeting for Labour leadership

The former deputy prime minister ‘will not be played like a pawn’, a source close to her said about the claims

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

Rayner and Streeting deny claims of Labour leadership pact

A source said ‘there is no vacancy and there is no pact’ amid claims that MPs close to Wes Streeting had approached Angela Rayner.

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2025

New cancer treatment with fewer side effects to be trialled in UK

Up to 280 patients from seven countries will be recruited globally for the trial

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

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I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

Why Wes Streeting is unlikely to fulfil his promise to end corridor care

Experts have said that the health secretary’s welcome ambition to end ‘corridor care’ is all-but impossible if the government wants the NHS to make strides on hitting its raft of other targets

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Wes Streeting launches review into ADHD, autism and mental health services

The Health Secretary has previously said there has been an ‘overdiagnosis’ of mental health conditions.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025

Streeting orders review into mental health, ADHD and autism diagnosis

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The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

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NHS patients blocking up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and ingrown toenails

NHS England says emergency rooms are ‘under siege’ from minor ailments

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

Streeting orders review into ‘overdiagnosis’ of mental illness and ADHD in welfare spending crackdown

The health secretary has charged leading experts with finding out whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

The Health Secretary is concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

Blackpool report: why do England’s deprived areas have the most troubled hospitals?

Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital

Exclusive: report into Blackpool Victoria hospital by Royal College of Physicians finds systemic failings have affected patient safety

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

UK mortuary workers dealing with Air India crash bodies face deadly chemical levels

Westminster Public Mortuary staff found their remains had been saturated in high concentrations of formalin

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

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Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

‘Aggressor’ Putin does not want to reach a deal, Sir Keir Starmer says

The Prime Minister said the UK would work with allies to ‘put pressure on in every conceivable way’.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused of overstating chess championship win

Ms Reeves has used her love of the board game to promote herself as a strategic and competitive Chancellor

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

NHS services will not be cut to fund US pharma deal – Streeting

Downing Street has said the cost would start small and gradually increase to an estimated £1 billion by March 2029.

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Reform UK politician ‘caused a lot of hurt’ to Chinese community over racial slur

Laura Anne Jones was suspended from the Senedd for two weeks for using an offensive remark

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Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

Wes Streeting agrees he has ‘had it’ with the BMA over doctors’ strikes

The Health Secretary said there had been an outbreak of ‘juvenile delinquency’ at the doctors’ union.

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Wes Streeting calls doctors’ union ‘moaning minnies’ over strike

Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of acting like “moaning minnies” over the doctors’ strike.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

UK says Putin ‘sabre-rattling’ by saying Russia is ready for war with Europe

The Foreign Secretary said the Russian leader should ‘end the bluster and bloodshed’ ahead of Nato talks.

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Public opposition to doctors’ strike at record high as Streeting hits out at ‘irresponsible’ Christmas walkout

Labour health secretary said plans for a Christmas walkout poses a ‘different magnitude of risk’ to previous strikes, saying he is ‘genuinely worried’ about patient safety

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political career

Tom Dolphin, who applied to be Labour candidate in 2024, says political career not relevant as he defends strikes

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025

‘Groundbreaking’ HIV prevention programme aims to end transmissions by 2030

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has unveiled a new HIV action plan in a bid to end transmissions in the next five years

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2025

Why won’t men go to therapy?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Despite evidence of a mental health crisis among men, there’s still a stigma attached to seeking help. Lydia Spencer-Elliott investigates why so many men will do anything but talk about their feelings – and the harm it is doing them

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