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Civil servants raised objections to health department giving contract to company run by close associate of Nick Markham

The unusual timing of the general election has meant a plethora of early summer, extra-curricular PR opportunities presenting themselves to the major political parties. Where are we with the photo opportunities, two weeks to go? The Tories scored one of their impressive set of own goals around the Euros, when…

Rubbish collectors are set to strike in Redbridge, where Wes Streeting and council leader Jas Athwal are running for election

Editorial: The UK can’t continue with policies that have produced a productivity slump and record amounts of insecure work

Wes Streeting has appealed to doctors to abandon their strike but been warned over his plans for the NHS

Chancellor has gone to ground, but no such luck with Mark Harper, who TV viewers were forced to endure on Sunday

THE NHS would be left with lower spending increases under Labour than during the worst years of Tory austerity cuts, fresh analysis has suggested.

The shadow health secretary said he would be on the phone to junior doctors on the first day of a Labour government to resolve the dispute.

Shadow health secretary says ‘we will not make promises we cannot keep or that the country cannot afford’