I t will take Labour two terms in office to turn around the “existential” challenges faced by the NHS and social care, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said. He said the challenges facing the NHS in England were “enormous” and without significant reform “it isn’t sustainable for the long term”.Continue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer announced a £1.5billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists but urged the party not to become “giddy” at the prospect of power, ahead of the general election. As activists gathered for what could be the final Labour conference before the election expected next year, Sir KeirContinue Reading
Welcome to another episode of The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast. We’re joined by actress Antonia Thomas, who you may recognise from E4’s Misfits, and writer Nina Segal, for the new play Shooting Hedda Gabler at the Rose Theatre. Nina discusses why she decided to do a play about making aContinue Reading
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with most infectious diseases, the number of cases tends to rise and fall over the years as epidemics come and go, but recently changes seemContinue Reading
Excavators found part of a structure formed by two overlapping logs. Barham et al. Nature (2023), Author provided To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today’s fast changing world, older technologies,Continue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer announced a £1.5 billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists but urged the party not to become “giddy” at the prospect of power, ahead of the general election. As activists gathered for what could be the final Labour conference before the election expected next year, SirContinue Reading
M artin Scorsese said he was “disappointed” that the stars of his latest film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, could not attend its London premiere amid the Sag-Aftra actors strike. The epic Western crime saga – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons – is based on theContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak has said Israel has “an absolute right to defend itself” and the country’s prime minister said it was “at war” after at least 100 people were killed during attacks by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. The UK Prime Minister said the Government is in contact withContinue Reading
S ir Keir Starmer has said he would be a prime minister for the “whole of Scotland”, including those who voted Yes to independence, as he pitched to SNP supporters following his party’s by-election win. Labour’s huge majority in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West result has also led to anContinue Reading
L abour has unveiled pledges to double the number of diagnostic scanners in hospitals and get tough on property developers as the party sets out its stall on health and housing ahead of its conference in Liverpool. Deputy leader Angela Rayner promised the party would deliver the “biggest boost toContinue Reading
