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What cuts could Rachel Reeves announce to plug Labour’s £20bn ‘black hole’?

HS2, hospitals and railway lines are all rumoured for cut backs

The Independent UK

Why are we talking about PFI now?

The public finance initiative was brought in under John Major’s government between 1992 and 1997 but was considerably expanded after that point…

The National (Scotland)

GPs threaten to 'bring NHS to a standstill' with possible strike

Family doctors are being balloted over industrial action

Evening Standard

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GPs could bring NHS to standstill if they vote for first industrial action in 60 years, BMA warns

BMA is balloting GPs on whether to take first action for decades and starting from Thursday

The Independent UK

Which UK infrastructure projects is Rachel Reeves likely to axe?

Chancellor expected to announce cuts and delays to some projects as Labour tries to fill £20bn shortfall in finances

The Guardian - UK

GPs capping patient numbers could have ‘catastrophic’ effect on A&E, says NHS chief

Exclusive: Concerns that 3m appointments a month in England will disappear if industrial action goes ahead

The Guardian - UK

GPs warn of surgery closures in England and fear similar fate to NHS dentistry

Family doctors in ballot over collective action, saying years of underfunding risks creating two-tier system

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UK politics: Labour puts Tories’ ‘freedom of speech’ law for universities on hold – as it happened

Controversial measure is paused with the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, indicating that it could be repealed

The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant row: Government drops Tories' plan to challenge ICC

Health Secretary Wes Streeting stressed the new Government ‘believes very strongly in the rule of law’

Evening Standard

Patients cannot trust CQC’s hospital safety ratings, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary’s comments follow damning findings of interim report into state of English healthcare regulator

The Guardian - UK

Health Secretary Wes Streeting begins formal talks with junior doctors to end pay dispute

Government hoping to end 20 months of strike action in the NHS

Evening Standard

NHS England workforce plan ‘needs many thousands more family doctors’

Experts warn recruiting one GP for every 24 hospital consultants will not support goal of increasing out-of-hospital care

The Guardian - UK

Streeting urges patients to ‘bear with’ GPs as outage sparks major disruption

The Health Secretary posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying his department is ‘working closely with colleagues across Government’.

The Independent UK

English councils call for further delay to social care costs cap

Funding and staffing shortages mean plan to introduce cap in October 2025 impossible to deliver, councils say

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’

Councils have ‘serious concerns’ about whether the adult social care costs cap can be delivered

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on hospices: these special places can’t afford to be hidden

Editorial: Palliative care charities are facing a funding crisis – they should be included in Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS

The Guardian - UK

We are public sector workers – this is how more cuts would wreck our NHS, courts, councils and universities

After years of austerity, the government’s plans imply another reduction in funding that public services simply cannot take

The National (Scotland)

Good Law Project boss grills Wes Streeting over puberty blocker ban with 25 questions

A HIGH-PROFILE legal campaigner has grilled Wes Streeting after Labour’s move to keep the Tory emergency ban on puberty blockers ...

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The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting expected to tell parliament why he backs puberty blockers ban

Health secretary understood to be ‘minded’ to make ban permanent as Labour MPs criticise move to retain Tory policy

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting ‘treading cautiously’ in pressing ahead with puberty blocker ban

The health secretary has faced criticism from within his own party for the decision

The National (Scotland)

Wes Streeting explains move to keep puberty blocker ban amid Labour split

WES Streeting has looked to explain his move to keep the puberty blocker ban put in place by his Tory predecessor amid a split in his party...

The Guardian - UK

‘A massive relief and a change of mood’: how did Keir Starmer’s first week in power go?

Britain’s new PM and his team are genuinely excited to have seized the reins of power in Westminster – but are under no illusion about the size of the task ahead

The Guardian - UK

‘Staggering shortfall’ of NHS staff as record number of patients wait for tests

Lack of radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in England

The Independent UK

The Government’s confirmed key policy positions at a glance

Labour has hit the ground running after a landslide General Election victory provided scope for major changes.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer on collision course with unions over public sector pay

PM tells unions to prepare for disappointment despite warnings of a crisis in staffing and recruitment

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