The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Starmer declines to detail ‘further information’ that led to Haigh resignation

The Prime Minister was challenged on the issue in the Commons by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options

Health secretary accuses fast food outlets such as KFC, Domino’s and Subway of ‘cruelly targeting kids’ near schools

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2024

The Guardian view on social care: reformers must reclaim the initiative

Editorial: Labour pledged ‘deep reform’ of this flawed and complex system. A royal commission could shape a consensus

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Minister criticises ‘failures’ in care of boy who died week after hospital visit

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died on November 23 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital and sent home with antibiotics.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024

Assisted dying bill brings critical state of palliative care into government’s focus

MPs behind commission for better end-of-life care proposal hope for Wes Streeting support after vote result

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Parties, cabinet and families split – and assisted dying bill still has a long way to go

The granular detail of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for England and Wales is yet to be agreed, and some MPs want reassurances before finally backing it

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

MPs across divide call for better palliative care after assisted dying vote

Layla Moran and Diane Abbott say end-of-life care needs more funding after bill passed for England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

Diane Abbott warns vulnerable people could see ‘supported suicide’ as only option after assisted dying vote – as it happened

Mother of the House issues warning after MPs voted to back assisted dying bill on Friday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

Good palliative care can alleviate the pain of dying – this bill means Labour must fund it

Making dying easier is not the solution when NHS, social and palliative care are simply not there for patients

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

Assisted dying bill backed by MPs despite most in London voting against

Of London’s 75 MPs, just 28 voted in favour of the assisted dying bill

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024