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We look at what the organisation does, after Keir Starmer’s attack on ‘two layers of bureaucracy’UK politics live – latest updatesNHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and to bring management of the health service “back into democratic con…
Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisationUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS Eng…
Some feel the party is moving away from the working class, but others argue ministers must show new Labour voters the system can workStarmer could face biggest rebellion over disability benefit freezeEver since ministers began to put the “moral case” f…
Rubbish piles up as all-out strike follows smaller actions since January over scrapping of some rolesRubbish is piling up on the streets of Birmingham as bin workers launched an all-out indefinite strike, with the council accusing the union of holding …
Damning National Audit Office report says action is needed to address deficit accumulated under Tory-era policyAlmost half of councils in England risk falling into bankruptcy without action to address a £4.6bn deficit amassed under a Conservative-era p…
Exclusive: Departure follows meetings with Wes Streeting and unusual criticism from two Commons committeesAmanda Pritchard is standing down as chief executive of NHS England, in a development that will shock the health service.Her departure from the to…
Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’Britain’s crumbling public services are bad for business, and spending more taxpayers’ money to fix them is a pro-growth policy, the pe…
Awarding of contract to create new data platform prompts immediate concerns about security of medical recordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe NHS has sparked controversy by handing the US spy tech firm Palantir a £330m contract to create a huge new…
BMA raises concerns with minister about planned data platform, which could be run by US firm PalantirPatients fear that their personal information may be misused by the NHS’s new data store, especially if the US spy technology company Palantir runs it,…
Seven key moments from inquiry this week, including top civil servant’s exasperation at then PMUK politics live – latest updatesThe Covid inquiry at times feels like watching a trial in which the prosecution and defence are conducted simultaneously – w…