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Labour pledges to strengthen accountability for NHS bosses in wake of Letby case

Calls for hospital managers to be held accountable for failings have mounted as concerns about the killer nurse were not addressed for months.

The Independent UK

Labour vows to make NHS managers accountable after Lucy Letby failings

Shadow health secretary says bank managers are more regulated than hospital executives

The Guardian - UK

Holding asylum seekers on barges is about ‘fairness’ to UK taxpayer, says Sunak – as it happened

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Streeting speaks about ‘daunting’ prospect of being next UK health secretary

Labour MP West Streeting said he would ‘relish’ taking on the job, although it would be ‘one of the most difficult’ roles in government.

The Independent UK

Barclay ‘open to requests’ for Welsh and Scots patients to be treated in England

The Health Secretary suggested the two nations have worse NHS delays than England in some areas.

The Independent UK

SNP has resorted to ‘grievance politics’ at Westminster, says Streeting

The Labour MP also called the SNP’s House of Commons leader Stephen Flynn a ‘career politician’.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting condemns ‘toxicity’ of debates over transgender equality

The shadow health secretary said the differences between Scottish Labour and the UK party on the issue were ‘subtle’.

The Independent UK

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Jackie Baillie 'one of best and sharpest political minds in UK', Wes Streeting says

THE idea that Scottish Labour is just a branch office of the UK party is a “hackneyed line” without a basis in truth, a top member of Keir…

The National (Scotland)

SNP are 'constantly whinging and complaining', senior Labour MP says

THE SNP at Westminster are guilty of “constant whinging”, Labour’s shadow health secretary has said ...

The National (Scotland)

SNP challenge Labour to 'reject NHS privatisation' in wake of Wes Streeting visit

SCOTTISH Labour’s by-election candidate in Rutherglen and Hamilton West has been challenged to “reject NHS privatisation” after being pictured…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak warned of concerns over NHS private sector partnerships

Plans to cut waiting lists in England were welcomed but critics say they do not address deeper staffing issues

The Guardian - UK

NHS waiting lists ‘likely to rise’ despite Tories turning to private sector to clear backlog

Maria Caulfield said the number of patients in line for treatment expected climb further in coming months before coming down

The Independent UK

NHS waiting lists likely to rise despite private sector expansion, minister says

Maria Caulfield said the number of patients in line for treatment is expected climb further in the coming months.

The Independent UK

Labour under fire over call for greater 'use of private sector' in NHS care

LABOUR have been criticised after they called for greater use of “private sector capacity” in the NHS ...

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Festival season: Everything Scottish politics fans need to know

Humza Yousaf, Nicola Sturgeon and more have dates lined up.

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting apologises to Rosie Duffield for treatment by Labour over gender views

MP said she felt ostracised and accused male colleagues of shouting her down for opposing transgender reforms

Evening Standard

Labour bigwigs are all smiles at summer drinks as tensions rise

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting were among guests at the New Statesman’s summer drinks

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is threatening to leave our crises unchanged. So what social forces will he unleash?

From local councillors to climate activists, there is a growing group of people who won’t stand for Labour inaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Labour sends big guns to Selby in final push to secure historic byelection win

Party needs record swing from Tories to overturn 20,000 majority in seat left vacant by Johnson ally Nigel Adams

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary gives virtual reality tours of 40 new hospitals as they don't exist

Labour's Wes Streeting said patients need a government in the 'real world' as Steve Barclay resorted to hosting reality tours of hospitals that haven't been built

The Independent UK

Government has ‘lost the confidence’ of NHS staff striking over pay, says Labour

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said the ‘worst strikes in the history of the NHS were still to come’.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - UK

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

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