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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK storms to record poll high as both Labour and the Tories hit six-year low

The latest YouGov survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week

Evening Standard

Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England

Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless

The Guardian - UK

Hunt urges Streeting to reconsider cuts to ringfenced funding for maternity care

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the changes will ‘give more freedom and more flexibility’ to independent care boards.

Evening Standard

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Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ of the decision to means-test winter fuel payments.

Evening Standard

Poll of the day: Should Labour reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments?

Have your say: Labour’s cuts to winter fuel payments, blamed for heavy local election losses, have sparked a fierce debate over whether the policy should be reversed to win back voter trust

The Independent UK

Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy.

Evening Standard

Doctor ballot for strike action is ‘premature’ and ‘unnecessary’, says Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said doctors have now got a Government that is sympathetic to the pressures they are facing.

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‘The best is still to come’ – Wes Streeting promises sweeping NHS improvements

The Government has announced £100 million to refurbish and expand GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

Former MP who punched constituent blames Starmer for by-election loss

Mike Amesbury said it is time for Labour MPs to challenge the government over policies such as the winter fuel cuts

The Independent UK

Long A&E waits for people who have paid into NHS all their lives ‘appalling’

A report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that rising numbers of elderly and frail people are enduring very long waits.

Evening Standard

Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

Evening Standard

Women ‘should not be erased’ from NHS guidance – Streeting

NHS.uk says cervical screening is ‘offered to women and people with a cervix’.

The Independent UK

Allowing staff to refuse to take part in assisted dying ‘positive development’

But Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the amendment ‘does not change’ his view on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as a whole.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in Labour election losses as he refuses to rule out rowback

But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government

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The Guardian - UK

Badenoch says UK-India trade deal is one she rejected as business secretary – as it happened

Tory leader says she refused to sign the deal due to a number of sticking points

The Independent UK

Starmer rules out winter fuel allowance U-turn despite local elections backlash

Ministers defend stripping the payments from 10 million pensioners, claiming the move has allowed Labour to invest in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHS

The Independent UK

1,000 GP buildings to be expanded and modernised under new government plans

Wes Streeting told LBC Radio that extra money for GP surgeries will be used for extra consultation rooms and refurbishments

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GPs to be given cash to modernise and see more patients

Around £102 million has been committed.

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Rape victims says Labour minister should resign after calling grooming gangs 'dog whistle' issue

Lucy Powell under mounting pressure over comments on the grooming gangs scandal made on national radio

Evening Standard

Starmer’s former minister Haigh urges him to rip up tax rules to counter Reform

Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats.

The Independent UK

Starmer must raise taxes to counter ‘real threat’ Reform, former minister says

Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes

The Independent UK

Labour minister urged to quit over ‘dog whistle’ remark on grooming gangs

The Commons leader has apologised after suggesting on BBC ‘Any Questions?’ that raising concerns over Asian grooming gangs was ‘dog whistle’ politics

Evening Standard

Labour minister Lucy Powell ‘mortified’ over grooming gangs remarks

The Leader of the Commons appeared to describe the grooming gangs issue as a ‘dog whistle’ during a Radio 4 debate.

The Independent UK

Streeting: Reform UK a ‘real threat’ to Labour and ‘serious opposition force’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Nigel Farage’s party has tapped into the frustration of voters.

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