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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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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

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

The Independent UK

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’.

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

The Independent UK

Starmer did not break lockdown rules by meeting voice coach – minister

Health minister Karin Smyth defended Sir Keir Starmer, saying he was working to prepare for interviews in the run up to the UK leaving the EU.

Evening Standard

Fact check: New runways, growth projections and Taylor Swift clip

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The Independent UK

Minister: Fake news to suggest women’s health hubs face cuts or closure

A target to ensure every region in England has a women’s health hub has not been renewed in NHS planning guidance.

The Independent UK

Reporting of vaccine side-effects should be mandatory – Tory former minister

Esther McVey said there was a ‘gross underreporting’ of unintended impacts of vaccines to the medicines regulator.

Evening Standard

'Lies and misinformation': Keir Starmer slams Elon Musk attacks as he defends record on grooming gangs

The Prime Minister said ‘robust debate’ must be based on ‘facts and truth’ not on ‘lies from those so desperate for attention’

The Independent UK

NHS chief warns against ‘bargain basement’ butt lifts in run-up to Christmas

NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis warned of the risks of Brazilian Butt Lifts surgery ahead of Christmas.

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’ despite £100m hospice funding boost

Rachel Reeves was dubbed ‘the Grinch who stole Christmas’ for refusing to exempt hospices from the national insurance hike in her Budget

Evening Standard

Hospice funding welcomed but charity warns one-off investment not enough

The Government said £100 million for adults and children’s hospices is the biggest investment in a generation.

The Guardian - UK

Hospices in England to get £100m boost amid closure fears

Hospices struggling with increases to wages and NICs say cash is ringfenced and will not ease day-to-day pressures

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