21 h. ago Private hospitals carrying out more NHS appointments and procedures

Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the government’s target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment

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23 h. ago NHS waiting lists slashed by 206,000 as private sector brought in to help

More than 6 million tests and operations for NHS patients were delivered by independent healthcare providers over the past year, a rise of almost 500,000 on the year before

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23 h. ago Private clinics carrying out more NHS appointments and procedures

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would do everything he could to ensure NHS patients are ‘treated faster, free at the point of use’.

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63 h. ago MPs deliver 'grim' verdict on Labour's oil and gas strategy amid 'heaving job losses' warning

Labour ministers have been warned the “scale-up of clean energy is progressing more slowly than the decline of the oil and gas sector” with jobs being lost as a result.

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69 h. ago Public facing multiple environmental threats in local areas, analysis finds

Friends of the Earth said 47 of the 50 worst areas in the country for air pollution are represented by Labour MPs.

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3 d. ago Reeves 'coming for middle Britain's private healthcare': Chancellor's £2bn Budget tax attack on partnerships 'will push up costs outside the NHS'

Rachel Reeves is understood to be looking at targeting so-called 'Limited Liability Partnerships' as she desperately tries to bring in more cash.

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3 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Big Ange twisted her head right then left, as guileless as Little Weed between the flower pots...

One hour after PMQs, Labour MPs herded back to the Commons for a 'personal statement' from Angela Rayner , property dealer and ex-deputy PM. First appearance since her tax scandal downfall.

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5 d. ago Labour MPs call for Reform council leader to resign over ‘chaos’ and suspensions

Seven MPs have written to Nigel Farage after a video leaked to The Guardian showed Kent County Council leader ‘berating’ Reform councillors.

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6 d. ago Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor

Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor  The Guardian

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7 d. ago SNP accused of 'kettling' asylum seekers into Glasgow's poorest areas

Several Scottish Labour MPs have criticised the SNP Scottish Government’s approach in recent days.

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9 d. ago Rachel Reeves warns Labour MPs she's ready for a fresh battle over welfare

The Chancellor told her party they 'can't leave welfare untouched', adding: 'We can't get to the end of this Parliamentary session and I've done nothing, basically.'

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1 week ago The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure | Editorial

This week’s partisan blame game is the wrong response to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case. The failure of governance runs deeperThe China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state. It cannot be in the national interest for a case involving national security to get so close to the courts and then for it to be abandoned in what remain mysterious circumstances. Public confidence, as well as security itself, are inevitably placed at risk. But this genuinely important issue now risks being blanketed by the fog of the party-political battle at Westminster.For the third time this week, MPs spent Thursday trading accusations about whether the Conservatives or Labour are more to blame for the fiasco of last month’s collapsed prosecution. To be fair, the latest exchanges did not descend to the abject “did-didn’t” level that was reached at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Politicians from Sir Keir Starmer...

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1 week ago Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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1 week ago Labour MPs urge Chancellor to scrap hospitality business rates plan

MPs have written to the Chancellor to warn that her reforms run the risk of business closures and job losses.

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1 week ago Labour MPs warn Government digital ID scheme will unnecessarily cost support

Backbenchers told Liz Kendall that the scheme will not stop illegal migration.

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2 w. ago Taliban minister confronted over women’s rights during rare press conference for female journalists

Taliban foreign minister on week-long visit to India says

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2 w. ago Lenders betray public trust: Car finance scandal victims deserve their compensation, says ALEX BRUMMER

The gravitational pull of Generation Y towards fintech sites such as Revolut, Wise and Monzo, is often attributed to their tech-savvy skills.

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2 w. ago Watch: Chesney Hawkes serenades ex Tory MPs and party staff at Conservative conference — despite suggesting Labour allegiance

The singer made an appearance at the Conservative conference despite saying he ‘would be Labour’ earlier this year

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3 w. ago Traces of cocaine found in toilets at Labour Party conference event attended by MPs

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star Sunday used special detection wipes in the toilets at the event which revealed the Class A drug was present

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3 w. ago Michelle Mone sparks outrage with claim Labour 'vendetta' is endangering her life and cites murdered MPs Jo Cox and David Amess

Disgraced 'Baroness Bra' Michelle Mone has suggested Government criticism is putting her at risk of murder or suicide.

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