2 h. ago Markets stabilise as investors fear ‘adverse shock’ from higher oil prices – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOver at the Paris Air Show, a row has broken out after four Israeli company stands at the trade fair were shut down.According to Reuters, French authorities ordered that the four stands should be closed for “displaying offensive weapons”, after not complying with an order from a French security agency to remove offensive or kinetic weapons from the stands.“This outrageous and unprecedented decision reeks of policy-driven and commercial considerations.“The French are hiding behind supposedly political considerations to exclude Israeli offensive weapons from an international exhibition - weapons that compete with French industries.” Continue reading...

Economics

8 h. ago John Swinney's NHS pledges face backlash as waiting times soar

Record View says new figures on ambulances being stuck on hospital forecourts are a further cause for concern.

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28 h. ago ‘I’ll use private sector to help clear NHS backlog’, says Streeting

The health secretary said it would be ‘foolish’ to rule out a greater role for the private sector in the NHS

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60 h. ago Millions of patients to be treated by GPs instead of hospitals under radical reforms to cut NHS waiting list

NHS bosses claim half of the 135 million hospital outpatient appointments every year are 'pointless' and follow-ups and consultations could instead be done in high-street surgeries.

Science

3 d. ago NHS waiting lists fall to lowest level in two years...but number of patients waiting over a year on the rise

The news comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the NHS a cash injection of an extra £29 billion per year.

Science

4 d. ago NHS waiting lists at lowest for 2 years as service may have 'turned the tide'

New NHS data for England shows 7.39 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of April, down from 7.42 million the previous month

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4 d. ago NHS waiting list for planned treatment falls to lowest level in two years

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘putting the NHS on the road to recovery’.

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4 d. ago NHS gets an extra £29billion a year but waiting list targets may STILL be missed, health chiefs say

Economists described the real-terms rise as 'substantial', with the health service budget now equal to the entire annual income of Portugal.

Economics

4 d. ago Rachel Reeves pumps cash into NHS with 4million more tests and procedures to cut waits

The NHS and defence were big winners from the Chancellor's Spending Review as Rachel Reeves set out the Government's spending plans for the rest of the decade

Economics

4 d. ago Reeves announces £6 billion to provide millions of NHS tests and procedures

Some four million more tests and procedures could be provided by the funding, with the aim of reducing NHS waiting lists.

Economics

4 d. ago Labour promised people we would rebuild Britain – and that’s what we’re doing | Keir Starmer

This week’s spending review marks a new stage in the mission of national renewal, built on the foundations laid last yearKeir Starmer is the prime minister of the United KingdomThe mandate we received from the British people could not have been clearer. First, we had to stop the chaos and return Britain to economic stability. Second, we had to turn the page on Tory decline with clear Labour choices. Third, we were instructed to rebuild our country.Wednesday’s spending review turbocharged that rebuilding. It is an investment in Britain’s renewal, so working people have more money in their pocket, more pride in their community and more hope for their children’s future. It’s what people voted for. An NHS cutting waiting lists, with care closer to the community. Wealth and opportunity no longer hoarded by only a few towns and cities. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Government can hit NHS waiting times targets despite scepticism, says Reeves

The NHS has received a 3% increase in real terms per year in the Government spending review.

Events

5 d. ago NHS 'will miss Keir Starmer's waiting list target' despite Spending Review boost of up to £30billion

Internal Department for Health modelling reportedly shows the NHS is on course to hit only about 80% by the end of the parliament

Economics

5 d. ago ‘It’s just daily life’: Kyiv residents get used to overnight Russian drone attacks

Bars and restaurants are full but every night brings fear for those who live near factories and industrial estatesIt only occurred to Iryna Yakymehuk to make use of the local bomb shelter after the Shaheed kamikaze drone struck her nextdoor neighbour’s fifth-floor flat at 2am on Tuesday, taking a messy bite out of the bedroom.The 22-year-old had returned to her home in Kyiv’s Obolon district from the underwear shop where she works as an assistant at about 9pm. She ate macaroni while swiping through some funny TikTok videos before getting into bed at 11pm. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago News of Scottish Government funding of £22 million to reduce NHS Lothian waiting times is welcomed

'This will allow for quicker diagnoses, more procedures, and better outcomes'

Economics

9 d. ago Massive earthquake captured on live TV as hosts scramble in fear and interview cut short

Chilean presidential candidate Carolina Toha's live TV interview was cut short as a massive earthquake caused chaos in the studio, causing her and the hosts to flee

Politics

1 week ago Labour reveals major NHS plan to FINALLY cut A&E and ambulance wait times

NHS plan to tackle 'corridor care’ with 55 new clinics and 486 new ambulances - see how many your region will get

Sport

1 week ago Over 2,000 people from Lanarkshire languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

Politics

1 week ago Over 4,000 people from the Lothians languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

Politics

1 week ago Nearly 23,000 Scots stuck on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

EXCLUSIVE: Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 are currently on a psychologist waiting list - with NHS Lothian having the longest list.

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