The Latest Breaking News from Steve Barclay

The PM said it was ‘right’ that the Health Secretary was speaking to the Royal College of Nurses ahead of industrial action

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

Industrial action to begin within weeks unless deals can be reached on unions’ demands for pay awards well above inflation

Exclusive: Steve Barclay not tasked with manifesto commitment, raising fears that shortage of doctors in England will continue

Chancellor warns health service has to help fix UK’s broken economy despite facing ‘massive pressures’

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rejected calls for a 17.6% pay rise for NHS staff after years of freezes and real-terms cuts, despite admitting the NHS is on the brink of collapse

Ambulance workers in Scotland on Friday voted to take strike action for one day on November 28.

Humza Yousaf and his Welsh counterpart have written to the UK Health Secretary calling for additional funding to avert strike action over the winter.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the Conservatives have wrecked the economy and the NHS, and Labour is the only party with a proper plan to get the NHS back on its feet

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ‘sympathy’ with nurses – but best way to help is bringing down inflation

Pay demands dismissed as ‘remarkably high’ by cabinet minister, as winter strike action looms