78 minutes ago Streeting revives claim that some patients face avoidable ‘death sentence’ due to current state of NHS – UK politics live

Health secretary says NHS is going through the ‘worst crisis in its history’In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, one of the balloons is ...

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92 minutes ago Starmer insists NHS must make better use of tech amid data protection concerns

Proposed new laws will make patient records available across all NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulance services in England.

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4 hours ago Starmer and Streeting invite ‘entire nation’ to contribute to consultation on reforming NHS – UK politics live

Labour invite the public to share their experiences, views and ideas on fixing the NHS in a nation-wide consultationGood morning. When the Labour government came into power, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declared on his first day in office “the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken”. The government is going to published a 10-year health plan to fix it, and it is due to be published next spring.Streeting has said the plan will involve three main elements: moving from analogue to digital; more focus on primary care, not hospital care; and more focus on prevention. Keir Starmer explained them in a speech on the NHS in September.Members of the public, as well as NHS staff and experts will be invited to share their experiences views and ideas for fixing the NHS via the o...

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4 hours ago Keir Starmer faces reparations call over UK's colonial past as King Charles confronted

Keir Starmer will face calls from Commonwealth leaders to open discussions about reparations for the UK's role in slavery and colonialism after King Charles was confronted in Australia

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8 hours ago Keir Starmer flies to Samoa to answer tricky questions from Commonwealth allies

Slavery reparations and Britain’s shrinking aid budget are up for debate at annual Commonwealth summit this week

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10 hours ago Prisons overcrowding crisis: Why are some criminals being released early?

The latest stage of the early release policy comes into force on Tuesday.

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10 hours ago More prisoners to leave jail early in next phase of bid to free up cell space

Around 1,100 more inmates will leave prisons on Tuesday.

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15 hours ago 'Our Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award winners really are the very best of us'

King Charles and Keir Starmer won’t be the only two people in the United Kingdom saluting the Pride of Britain Award winners. You will be too - so keep a handkerchief or box of tissues nearby

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18 hours ago King Charles and Keir Starmer shares special message with Pride of Britain winners

The 25th Pride of Britain Awards, which is celebrating the achievements of remarkable people, is set to take place on October 21

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