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Keir Starmer: Those on long-term sickness benefit 'need to be back in the workplace'

PEOPLE who claim long-term sickness benefits should be made to look for work, Keir Starmer has said.

The National (Scotland)

Watch as Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson speak on final day of Labour Party conference

Watch as Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson speak at the Labour Party conference on Wednesday 25 September.

The Independent UK

Ban on smoking outside pubs is on the table to boost nation's health, says Wes Streeting

Industry leaders have warned that the proposals could cause economic harm to the hospitality sector.

Evening Standard

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Long-term benefit claimants need to look for work if they can, says Starmer

Prime minister has launched a drive to encourage the long-term sick back to work

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer’s own goals are truly spectacular

The Guardian - UK

'Arrogant' Wes Streeting panned for 'ridiculous' comments on Labour donations

WES Streeting has been panned for his defence of Labour politicians amid a row about donations...

The National (Scotland)

Nurses union backs Scottish pay deal as Labour plan rejected

Members of a nursing union have voted to accept the Scottish Government’s NHS pay deal ...

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Wes Streeting jokes Sue Gray ‘shot JFK’ and ‘no one should earn more than the PM’

The health secretary joked about Sue Gray’s influence amid repeated negative press briefings about Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

The Independent UK

Groundbreaking cross-border deal as Labour seek to end NHS waiting list crisis

Exclusive: Labour’s new health secretary Wes Streeting has said that the numbers waiting for treatment need to be ‘millions lower’ by 2029

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting yet to meet pledge to hold cross-party talks on social care crisis

Lib Dems and Tories say health secretary has failed to reach out to them for ideas on a solution, despite declaring he wanted to do so in the summer

The Guardian - UK

Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting says he will not ban cake in the Department of Health as he defends NHS reform

Labour health secretary vows to fight left-wing and right-wing opponents of change as he rejects ‘nanny state’ tag

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting praises Independent’s ‘shocking’ exposé that led to closure of children’s hospital

Exclusive: Health secretary said hospital, to shut after this publication exposed allegations of mistreatment, was ‘truly terrifying’ example of what happens when safety is ‘not taken seriously’

The Independent UK

My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure

Making healthy life expectancy central to all government policy is the surest way of stemming demand on the health service, says surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi

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Tackling UK ill health is vital to economic growth, says IPPR

Government must invest £15bn a year on a changes to improve wellbeing and prosperity, says thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors bring dispute to end by voting to accept Streeting’s pay offer

Almost two-thirds vote in favour of average salary increase of 22.3% over two years after 18 months of strikes

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying vote may come soon as No 10 says it would not stop bill

Opinion heavily split across parties over legalising support for terminally ill people to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the NHS: the biggest test for Starmer’s government

Editorial: Lord Darzi’s review of our ailing health system contains a diagnosis. Now Labour must figure out a cure

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The Guardian - UK

We did not do impact assessment of winter fuel payment cut, No 10 admits

Spokesperson for Keir Starmer says focus was instead on encouraging pensioners to seek additional support

The Guardian - UK

The NHS is in critical condition – but with the right care, it can make a recovery

Lord Darzi’s damning report on the crisis facing our health service will be the benchmark from which improvements will be judged, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer takes on ‘broken’ NHS and warns: no more money without reforms

‘We have to fix the plumbing before we turn on the taps’ says PM

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s NHS offering: no more gaslighting, but no more money either

Finally, a politician acknowledges the reality that the health service is on its knees, but also that there is no easy fix

Evening Standard

OPINION - Labour are right to promise NHS long-term reform, but just wait till the winter crisis hits

The NHS has become such a bleak topic of discussion in recent years that it is almost impossible to imagine it being fixed. Lord Darzi’s report paints a picture of an organisation grappling with several crises: in primary care, hospitals and the treatment of long-term illness. Its findings make for…

Evening Standard

What is the Lord Darzi report 2024 and what did it find?

Lord Ara Darzi’s assessment revealed the health service is in ‘critical condition’

The Guardian - UK

Streeting urges BMA to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS

Health secretary says damning report by Lord Darzi makes it clear ‘status quo of managed decline is not an option’

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