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Wes Streeting slated for latest bid to increase privatisation in NHS

THE shadow health secretary has promised Labour will go “further” than Tony Blair in making use of the private sector to ease NHS pressures.

The National (Scotland)

When is the first Sunak-Starmer election debate?

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are scheduled to take part in two head-to-head TV debates

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak holds Q&A in Devon – as it happened

Prime minister answers questions on proposed national service scheme and tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

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Diane Abbott says she is ‘banned’ from standing as Labour candidate in election

DIANE Abbott has said she is “banned” from standing as a Labour candidate in the General Election.

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott says she has been banned from standing for Labour at election

MP confirms she has been given back Labour whip but will not be allowed to stand as party’s candidate

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott: I'm being barred from standing as a Labour MP at the general election

The veteran MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington was given the Labour whip back on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak promises to scrap ‘rip-off’ degrees to boost apprenticeships

The prime minister wants to see the worst-performing university courses replaced with high-skilled apprenticeships

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Waitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls show

Shoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi have all swung to Labour from Conservative since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting mocks Tories over ‘sleepy’ name-calling attacks on Starmer

Shadow health secretary jokes Labour leader should take on Sunak in football challenge but says he is ‘disgusted’ by name-calling

The Guardian - UK

Tory national service plan would harm UK’s defence, warns ex-military chief

Conscription scheme shows Sunak does not understand level of danger facing Britain – or the help the military needs to prepare for it, says Admiral Lord West

The Independent UK

Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms

Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying

The Guardian - UK

What are Labour’s plans for ending tax breaks for private schools?

Party policy is to add standard 20% rate of VAT to school fees and use funds raised to pay for more state teachers

The Guardian - UK

Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right

German Green MEP warns that EU plan to tackle climate crisis will be put at risk by agreement with hard right parties

The Guardian - UK

Aberdeen South: Stephen Flynn has secret weapon to help win his Westminster seat

MOST landmark “change” elections feature a major symbolic scalp. For Labour in 1997, it was their defeat of Michael Portillo in Enfield…

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Labour pledge to boost sick pay rights for low-paid workers

Exclusive: Labour will scrap the lower earnings threshold for statutory sick pay and make workers eligible from day one of falling ill

Evening Standard

Labour's £1.4billion vow to wipe NHS backlog in London in five years

The party pledges an extra 40,000 appointments, scans, and operations a week

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to clear NHS waiting list backlog in England in five years

Wes Streeting says another Conservative term could result in waiting list swelling to 10m cases

The National (Scotland)

Labour to take most seats in Scotland at General Election, new poll suggests

SCOTTISH Labour are on course to win up to 28 seats at the General Election, a new poll suggests...

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak pledges to replace ‘rip-off’ degrees with skilled apprenticeships

Tory policy would be funded by scrapping courses with high drop-out rates and low job progression

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott 'has Labour whip restored but is banned from standing for party'

DIANE Abbott has had the Labour whip restored less than one day after Keir Starmer’s claims that an internal party probe into her was still…

The Conversation

NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all

When finance minister Nicola Willis stands to deliver her first budget tomorrow, it will be a significant moment for her personally, but also for the coalition government, and her own National Party in particular.

The National (Scotland)

SNP to back Michael Matheson suspension, Kate Forbes amendment suggests

THE SNP look set to agree to suspend former health secretary Michael Matheson from the Scottish parliament for 27 days ...

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's gaffe-prone start to election campaign: It never rains but it pours

From the wet election announcement to questioning about sinking ships, it’s not been smooth sailing so far for the PM

The Guardian - UK

Three Labour names in frame with Diane Abbott’s candidacy in doubt

Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election

Evening Standard

Diane Abbott gets Labour whip back but trail-blazing MP not expected to stand in election

Ms Abbott was an independent MP when Parliament was prorogued on Friday, May 24, ahead of the General Election on July 4

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