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Blood and saliva tests to detect cancer before symptoms begin ‘could be part of NHS screening within a decade’

The government has set out how it intends to transform cancer detection and treatment in a new 10-year plan

The Independent UK

Early detection cancer tests ‘could be part of NHS screening within a decade’

The Government has set out how it intends to transform cancer detection and treatment in a new 10-year plan.

Evening Standard

Met police launch investigation into alleged Mandelson-Epstein email leaks – as it happened

Files released by US apparently show Mandelson sending Epstein market-sensitive information while serving as business secretary

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Epstein scandal bombshell: Met Police launch criminal investigation into disgraced peer Lord Mandelson

The Scotland Yard development came just hours after it emerged that the peer was resigning from the House of Lords

Evening Standard

Government unsure how many NHS staff will be affected by immigration changes

Labour announced proposed changes to immigration rules last year

The Independent UK

'Fed up': Minister slams talk of coronation for Wes Streeting after coup against Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary’s allies are said to be pushing for him to be installed as Labour leader, and PM, rather than a contest against a Left-winger such as Angela Rayner

Evening Standard

Government teams up with TikTok influencers over cosmetic surgery warnings

The initiative is part of a wider Government drive to tackle so-called medical tourism

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Liquid butt lifts targeted in clampdown on England’s cosmetic ‘wild west’

Only qualified professionals would be able to offer high-risk BBL procedures and filler clinics would require licences

The Guardian - UK

Crackdown on cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’ after botched Brazilian butt lifts

Government claims industry has been blighted by ‘dodgy practitioners’, with patients killed or ‘maimed’ during procedures

The Independent UK

Health minister admits state of London's crumbling hospitals is 'unacceptable'

Karin Smyth said she ‘knows Londoners deserve better services’ after visiting dilapidated NHS wards

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves should invest extra money in economic growth, not spend it on U-turns, former adviser warns

Exclusive: Call from former Treasury minister Jim O’Neill will pile pressure on chancellor and PM amid demands for hat-trick of U-turns on winter fuel allowance, two-child benefit cap and disability payments

The Independent UK

Labour pressure to ease welfare squeeze adds to Reeves’ headaches

The Chancellor faces demands to reverse the winter fuel payment cut, axe the two-child benefit limit and limit the scope of welfare reforms.

Evening Standard

Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England

Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless

The Guardian - UK

Equalities watchdog under pressure to scrap new guidance on trans people using single sex spaces

Interim guidance published by the equalities watchdog risks outing trans people and breaching human rights, campaigners warn

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Badenoch says Labour’s claims to have always defended single-sex spaces are a ‘shameless work of fiction’ – UK politics live

Minister for women and equality makes statement after supreme court ruling on gender recognition

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Awkward Live TV Clash as Sky News Star Grills Labour Minister in Cringe-Worthy Standoff

A heated exchange unfolded live on Sky News after anchor Anna Jones pressed Health and Social Care Minister Karin Smyth on Labour’s stance.

The Independent UK

Trans women to be searched by male officers after Supreme Court ruling

Announcement comes as the equalities boss says the ruling is “enormously consequential”

Evening Standard

British Transport Police confirms search policy change in light of gender ruling

It came as the head of the equalities watchdog branded the court judgment ‘enormously consequential’.

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The Independent UK

Equalities boss outlines changes on toilets, changing rooms and women’s sport

The Supreme Court said the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act ‘refer to a biological woman and biological sex’.

The Independent UK

Labour minister unable to say which changing room trans women can use after Supreme Court ruling

Wednesday’s ruling means that transgender women with a gender recognition certificate can be excluded from single-sex spaces if ‘proportionate’

Evening Standard

Minister hopes gender ruling ‘draws a line’ under issue

Care minister Karin Smyth welcomed the ‘clarity for women’ provided by the Supreme Court’s judgment.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Badenoch calls for broader review of equality and gender recognition laws – as it happened

‘These laws were written 20 years ago plus when the world was different,’ Tory leader says

Evening Standard

Breast cancer screenings uptake ‘shockingly low’, health minister tells MPs

James Cleverly pressed the Government on its plans to raise awareness of the full range of symptoms, to improve early diagnosis rates.

Evening Standard

Farage says UK can be ‘friendly’ with EU but does not say how

The Reform UK leader said that ‘industrial collaboration’ with the EU will give the UK ‘less flexibility’ to make a deal with the US.

The Independent UK

Starmer voice coach travelled between lockdown tiers as Covid rule-breach row grows

Leonie Mellinger visited Labour’s London office on Christmas Eve in 2020, before travelling to Brighton, when the capital was under Tier 4 regulations and Brighton was in Tier 3

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