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Boris Johnson's 40 'new' hospitals election boast to be probed by audit watchdog

The National Audit Office will carry out a 'value for money' review that reports back next year on spiralling inflation - and whether the 40 projects are really 'new' at all

Daily Mirror

Watchdog considers review into Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ vow

ONE of Boris Johnson’s key election promises is coming under the microscope of the Government’s official spending watchdog.

The National (Scotland)

Johnson’s party faces probe into hospital vow as scandals mount

The U.K. government’s official spending watchdog is planning an investigation into Boris Johnson’s election promises to build 40 new hospitals, an unexpected probe set to add to the litany of troubles surrounding the prime minister.

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Boris Johnson’s pledge to build 40 ‘new hospitals’ faces Watchdog probe

National Audit Office review will consider increasing costs due to spiralling inflation and whether the hospitals will in fact be new

Wales Online

Watchdog to probe Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ claims

‘The only place these ’40 new hospitals’ currently exist is in Boris Johnson’s imagination,’ says Labour MP

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson faces investigation into claims over 40 ‘new’ hospitals

Trusts reveal only five wholly new hospitals planned, as Labour says the scheme ‘exists only in PM’s imagination’

The Guardian - UK

Male MPs try menopause ‘hot flush vest’ - and can’t take the heat

‘Imagine making a speech in the House of Commons and suddenly getting a hot flush. If [men] had this, we’d be complaining a lot’, said one MP

The Independent UK

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Male MPs recreate menopause in hot flush vest – then can’t wait to take it off

Politicians try out device fitted with heated pads that mimics one of the menopause’s most unpleasant symptoms

The Guardian - UK

DIY dentistry sees people pulling out own teeth due to NHS dental delays

Ministers have been warned people are struggling to get NHS care for their teeth

Wales Online

People pulling out own teeth due to lack of NHS dental care, ministers warned

MPs debate NHS dentistry and share extreme examples of patients taking care into their own hands.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt reveals he had cancer and says his entire family battled the disease

'I have had a minor one [cancer diagnosis] myself which has fortunately been resolved,' the former Health Secretary said

Daily Mirror

Labour faces ‘serious questions’ if Wakefield by-election lost, says Wes Streeting

Red-wall contest is must-win to show Labour on ‘path back to government’, says frontbencher

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting says crunch by-election will show Labour's path back to power

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Red Wall battle is the "big test" and the upcoming by-election in Wakefield was a perfect chance for Labour to make steps back to power amid fledgling support for the Tories

Daily Mirror

Labour's Wes Streeting fighting to pull children out of 'Victorian poverty'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting grew up on a council estate and says the Tories have failed to tackle the inequalities leaving children in a worse off position

Daily Mirror

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Andy Burnham backs striking rail staff and warns Labour must be clear what it stands for

The Greater Manchester Mayor said it was 'entirely their right' for RMT members to walk out next week and accused Tories of 'demonise' workers

Evening Standard

Labour’s Wes Streeting says he ‘would be voting’ to go on rail strike

Labour’s Wes Streeting has said he “would be voting to go on strike” if he worked in the rail industry.

Daily Mirror

Labour's Wes Streeting says he'd have joined rail strike - as plan for more walkouts announced

Labour has insisted 'the strikes shouldn't go ahead', but Shadow Cabinet ministers Wes Streeting and Lisa Nandy offered support to workers walking out over pay, conditions and maintenance job cuts

Daily Mirror

NHS waiting lists continue to soar despite Tories flagship cancer centre launch

There are 1.2 million patients on waiting lists for diagnostic scans and tests, up 135,000 on last July when the Government’s flagship diagnostic centres programme began, the Mirror has learned

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Nurse warns A&E patients of THIRTEEN-hour wait for doctor with no beds available

The nurse was filmed addressing patients in Harlow A&E, which is run by Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust in Essex on Monday evening - she also asked relatives to leave due to space constraints

The National (Scotland)

Sajid Javid accused of dodging taxes before entering politics

TORY Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been accused of dodging taxes that could have potentially amounted to hundreds of thousands of pounds…

Daily Mirror

Labour ask HMRC to probe Sajid Javid's tax affairs as he's confronted in TV interview

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has asked tax inspectors to waive the usual time limits to look into Mr Javid's involvement with his brother's firm in 2005, when he was a non dom. Mr Javid dismissed Labour's concerns as a 'smear'

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid dismisses tax affairs claim as Labour ‘smear campaign’

Shadow minister Wes Streeting has called for an investigation into the Health Secretary’s historic tax arrangements.

The Independent UK

NHS cannot be complacent over funding, says Streeting

The shadow health secretary said he would use ‘whatever means necessary’ to help people get treatment, including private providers.

Daily Mirror

Use private healthcare to ease NHS waiting lists, says Shadow Health Secretary

Labour's Wes Streeting said it is 'morally unacceptable that we now have in this country a two-tier health system'

Daily Mirror

Labour and Lib Dems target by-elections where most likely to win - but deny pact

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting indicated the parties were each campaigning harder in constituencies where they stood the better chance of beating the Tories - but said the parties weren't 'cooking up deals'

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