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NHS app: What upgrade will mean for booking appointments and when will it be rolled out?

The government has announced major upgrades to the NHS app in a bid to cut waiting times

The Independent UK

Starmer expected to face questions about Musk’s grooming gang criticism

Sir Keir Starmer has so far not spoken to defend his record since the slew of online posts from the tech billionaire.

The Independent UK

Plan to cut waiting lists to be unveiled amid warning NHS faces collapse like Woolworths

Proposals to be outlined by Keir Starmer will offer patients 500,000 more appointments a year

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer sets out plans to cut hospital backlog with millions more appointments

The proposals aim to ensure 92% of patients are seen within 18 weeks for pre-planned care such as hip and knee replacements.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on social care: there can be no more excuses for inaction

Lady Casey must not allow the review she is leading to become another means of deferring change

The Guardian - UK

'Nigel Farage doesn't have what it takes to lead Reform UK,' says Elon Musk

ELON Musk has said Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to lead Reform UK, just weeks after it was claimed the pair had a “great”…

The National (Scotland)

Elon Musk’s attacks on Jess Phillips a ‘disgraceful smear’, Streeting says

The billionaire has criticised the Labour Government’s handing of child sexual exploitation.

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Wes Streeting insists Labour ‘did protect winter fuel allowance’ for pensioners

Wes Streeting defended the decision on winter fuel payment claiming that Chancellor Rachel Reeves "did protect winter fuel allowance for the poorest pensioners".

The Independent UK

Lack of winter fuel payment ‘might be unpopular’ as snow falls, Streeting admits

The Health Secretary has urged people to follow advice to keep their homes warms despite fewer being granted extra cash for heating.

Evening Standard

NHS could ‘go the way of Woolies’ and collapse without reform, Streeting warns

More NHS patients who need elective care will be able to decide where they are treated under Government plans to slash waiting lists.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform

It is unclear what prompted Musk to write on X that Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ to be Reform UK’s leader

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage: Elon Musk will make Reform 'look cool'

NIGEL Farage has said Elon Musk giving Reform UK money would make the party “look cool”.

The National (Scotland)

Voters will thank Labour for scrapping winter fuel payments, Wes Streeting claims

Health secretary says Labour were forced to make unpopular decisions in its first six months in power

The Independent UK

Who is on this week's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg show – see full guest list

LAURA Kuenssberg will be joined by a variety of guests on her first BBC show of 2025 this Sunday ...

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Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver

Keir Starmer’s government can’t leave the urgent question of how social care will be funded to yet another commission

The Guardian - UK

Cash incentives for GPs under Labour’s radical plan to cut NHS waiting lists

Doctors will be given £20 each time they consult with a specialist to see if there is an alternative to hospital visits

The Independent UK

Streeting vows NHS App upgrade will slash waiting times and give patients more choice

Under plans aimed at slashing waiting lists, the NHS App will be overhauled, giving patients more choice under the elective reform plan, which is set to be announced this week.

The Independent UK

Streeting: NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice in bid to cut wait times

The measures form part of the forthcoming elective reform plan.

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The Guardian - UK

New year, new Keir? Labour have big plans for 2025 - including taking inspiration from Thatcher

The party’s manifesto promised big policy reforms. Now, with his popularity in freefall, the prime minister must deliver to change the political narrative

The Independent UK

Will there be a new grooming gangs inquiry and what did the previous one find?

Labour government facing pressure over its response to grooming gangs

Latin Times

UK Health Minister Slams Elon Musk's Attack on Government Handling of Gang Rapes: 'Misjudged and Certainly Misinformed'

Elon Musk faces backlash from UK officials after accusing the government of mishandling gang rapes.

The National (Scotland)

Analysis: What the UK media and politicians get wrong about Elon Musk

TAKING a break from giving his backing to Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, Elon Musk has turned his eyes to the UK ...

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting says pensioners should ‘layer up’ as millions struggle without winter fuel payment

A yellow warning for snow and ice, which covers most of England and Wales, is in place from lunchtime on Saturday until 9am on Monday.

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway challenges Health Secretary on anniversary of husband’s death

The TV presenter grilled Wes Streeting over the ‘recruitment crisis’ in the social care sector and ‘terrible lack of underfunding’.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting offers olive branch to Elon Musk after Keir Starmer criticism

Wes Streeting offered an olive branch to Elon Musk following his attacks on the UK government after Labour rejected a call for a national inquiry into child grooming.

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