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Maria Caulfield claims NHS will be ‘thriving’ in 25 years’ time, and says wait times are shorter despite record 7.4m figureUK politics live –latest updatesThe NHS waiting list, which stands at a record high as more than 7.4 million people await treatme…
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereYesterday Sajid Javid, the Tory former health secretary, called for the creation of a royal commission to consider the future of the NHS. He argued that this would take th…
In today’s newsletter: Staff are leaving in droves, wait times have tripled and critics say it’s locked in a ‘death spiral’. But the situation might not be terminal, with some big changes• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood mornin…
Former PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offersThe NHS must undergo radical change or it will continue to decline and lose public support, Tony Blair has argued on the service’s 75th anniversary.It …
Damning report highlights lack of control over billions in spending and no stockpile plan for future pandemicBritain’s lead public health body has a staggering lack of control over billions of pounds of spending, and there is no plan for stockpiling va…
Tenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK rents soarTenants facing soaring rents staged a protest against “rampant profiteering” outside a landlord convention in London where investors were told how…
Education ministry in the Netherlands says tech is a distraction from learning and will only be allowed if specifically neededMobile phones, tablets and smartwatches will be largely banned from classrooms in the Netherlands from 1 January 2024, the Dut…
Johnny Mercer says food bank use not an accurate measure of poverty after reports of some military personnel relying on them UK politics live – latest updatesThe use of food banks is a personal decision for some people and not an accurate measure of le…
Penelope Williams ignored advice to call ambulance after man collapsed in car outside hospitalA nurse has been struck off by the UK regulator for nursing and midwifery after a patient with whom she was having a secret relationship died while in his car…
Study will investigate regulatory gaps and could treat online content in same way as films on DVDWeb pornography could be subject to tighter rules in the UK, putting it on a par with films on DVD under government plans to review regulation of the onlin…