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'Hollow': John Swinney tears into Labour over NHS privatisation plans

JOHN Swinney a ripped into Labour's plans to "hold the door wide open" to the private sector to ease NHS pressures.

The National (Scotland)

Labour has ‘no plans’ to allow health worker visas to include family members

Rules were changed this year in effort to cut immigration, but experts warn bar on dependents will have significant impact on health service

The Guardian - UK

Labour has 'no plans' to reverse foreign health worker dependants ban, Wes Streeting says

The shadow health and care secretary says the NHS has become too reliant on overseas staff

Evening Standard

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Labour won't give junior doctors full pay rise on day one, says Wes Streeting

Shadow health secretary says he ‘wouldn’t be able to afford’ BMA’s 35% pay claim

Evening Standard

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)

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

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

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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

The Independent 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 Guardian - UK

Viagra gets better funding than women’s health, says Laura Bates

Speaking at Hay Festival, the Everyday Sexism founder said that postnatal care in Britain is ‘absolutely dire’

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting’s three-word formula for how Labour will govern

The shadow health secretary has signalled Labour is ready to usher in a new era of Blairism but with an update

The Independent UK

‘No return to austerity under a Labour government,’ says shadow chancellor – as it happened

Rachel Reeves says Labour plans for an immediate injection of cash into frontline public services if party gets into government

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting: I won’t give in to doctors’ unions on huge NHS pay demands

Exclusive: The shadow health secretary vows to be ‘a shop steward for patients’ as he warns: ‘The NHS is not the envy of the world’

The Independent UK

Millions of patients a month wait longer than a fortnight to see GP in England

Despite promise of appointments within 14 days, almost 61m took place after that in 2023, analysis of NHS data shows

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The Independent UK

General Election 2024: What are the key Labour and Conservative manifesto policies?

Rishi Sunak has called a snap general election for July

The Independent UK

Should the two-child benefit cap be scrapped? Join The Independent Debate

While Tory MPs have hit out at the Archbishop of Canterbury for decrying the policy, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting welcomed his comments. Where do you stand?

The National (Scotland)

Ex-Labour MP: Wes Streeting has caused FMQs headache for Anas Sarwar

AN ex-Labour MP has insisted Wes Streeting has made First Minister’s Questions awkward for Anas Sarwar after suggesting “all roads leads back to…

The National (Scotland)

Top NHS campaigner concerned by 'anti-immigration rhetoric' from Wes Streeting

A LEADING campaigner has criticised Wes Streeting for “anti-immigration rhetoric” after he said relying on migration to staff the NHS is…

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer drowns Arsenal sorrows in one of his favourite pubs

He was joined by shadow health secretary Wes Streeting

The National (Scotland)

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has called on Keir Starmer to end the “cruel” two-child benefit cap if he becomes prime minister.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting fails to name all of Labour's six pledges when quizzed by Laura Kuenssberg

Shadow health secretary draws a blank, despite preparing, and jokes ‘I might as well go home’

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap

Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy

The National (Scotland)

'All roads lead back to Westminster': Labour make major admission on NHS

WES Streeting was challenged on his party’s attacks on the SNP for their management of the NHS – after he was told there were “terrible…

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care

Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients

The Independent UK

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week

The £1.1bn scheme would be funded by cracking down on tax dodgers and people with non-domiciled status

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