Wes Streeting has vowed to fight “loud opposition” to his health reforms on both the left and the right of politics as he warned the future of the NHS was at stake. But the health secretary said that when it came to improving the nation’s lifestyles he wanted to make changes “with”Continue Reading
Wes Streeting has praised The Independent’s reporting on a children’s hospital where staff allegedly physically abused patients by dragging them by the feet, saying that the exposé was “truly shocking”. Joyce Parker Hospital, a children’s mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care in Coventry, will now close following theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff received a pay rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the prime minister. Sue Gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 – £3,000 more than the PM and more than any cabinet minister – or herContinue Reading
Badenoch says she ‘went from middle class to working class’ after working at McDonald’s Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has claimed she grew up inContinue Reading
Labour MP defends Starmer over donor row: ‘He’s an Arsenal fan’ Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer will not face an investigation into aContinue Reading
Former Tory prime minister Sir John Major has described Rishi Sunak’s government as “unconservative” and “un-British” in the way it tried to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Speaking to the BBC’s Amol Rajan, Sir John admitted that he had not made any public pronouncements for some time because he foundContinue Reading
Sir Ed Davey has set out plans to “winterproof the NHS”, calling for a taskforce to be established to end the annual winter crises facing the health service. The Liberal Democrat leader used his conference speech to urge Sir Keir Starmer to “make this year the last winter crisis inContinue Reading
Sir Ed Davey’s speech at the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton on Tuesday, 17 September, touched on the need to fix Britain’s broken relationship with Europe – but the party leader did not go as far as many of the party’s Europhile activists would like. Sir Ed called for measuresContinue Reading
David Lammy has warned that climate change is a more urgent threat than terrorism or Vladimir Putin in a major speech in which he pledged to put the emergency at the centre of British foreign policy. Tackling the crisis, which is “accelerating towards us”, will also boost growth in theContinue Reading
Watch live as David Lammy announces Labour’s pledge to have the UK be the first major economy to deliver clean power by 2030. On Tuesday, 17 September, the foreign secretary will position action on the climate and nature crisis as central to his department’s remit as he pledges the ForeignContinue Reading
