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'Appalling waste': £1.4 billion of PPE bought by Tories in pandemic destroyed

SCOTLAND’S Finance Secretary has condemned the “appalling waste of public money” after reports that the UK Government had destroyed an…

The National (Scotland)

Tory minister accused of cronyism after associate’s firm hired as adviser

Civil servants raised objections to health department giving contract to company run by close associate of Nick Markham

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

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Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns

Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses say

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors in England vote to continue striking until mid-September

BMA members overwhelmingly back further stoppages and overtime bans in long-running pay dispute

The Guardian - UK

Government has brought adult social care in England ‘to its knees’, MPs say

Damning report on long-term care system blames uneven funding and a lack of a plan for failure

The Guardian - UK

NHS funding faces biggest real-terms cuts since 1970s, warns IFS

Health spending in England to suffer 1.2% cut, worth £2bn, despite extra costs, thinktank’s analysis finds

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Rishi Sunak accused of personally holding up deal to end doctors’ strikes

Exclusive: Sources say PM has blocked talks due to concerns about knock-on effect of more generous pay offer

The Guardian - UK

Ken Clarke tells peers he can’t support new Rwanda bill because overturning supreme court ruling ‘very dangerous’ – as it happened

Conservative former chancellor withdraws support for bill he backed previously

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary accused of failing to act on shortages of motor neurone disease drug

Exclusive: Shortages of riluzole, which can delay the onset of ventilator dependence, were flagged to DHSC in September

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone’s husband says family ‘treated as punchbag’ in PPE row

Doug Barrowman, who led the consortium PPE Medpro, also claimed the Department of Health had shown ‘lamentable failures’ when procuring supplies.

Evening Standard

Michael Gove told to 'urgently' answer questions from Michelle Mone interview

MICHAEL Gove has been told he must urgently appear before MPs to answer questions on his involvement in the ongoing scandal around Michelle Mone.

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone admits ‘error’ in denying links to PPE firm

The Tory peer has launched a public fightback to allegations surrounding the multi-million pound contract

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone admits 'error' in concealing PPE firm links

Baroness Michelle Mone has conceded she made an “error” in publicly denying her links to the PPE Medpro firm being investigated by the National…

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Dominic Cummings was a 'malign actor' during Covid, says Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock has accused Dominic Cummings of creating a “culture of fear” in Government that undermined the pandemic response as he defended his…

The Guardian - UK

Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of 30,000, Hancock tells Covid inquiry

Ex-health secretary has described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street as undermined by ‘culture of fear’

The Independent UK

All you need to know as Government reaches a deal with consultants

The move paves the way for strikes by top hospital doctors to end.

The Independent UK

Consultants reach deal with the Government which ‘could end strikes’

The deal will now be put to members.

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The Guardian - UK

NCA questions Matt Hancock and Michael Gove in PPE Medpro inquiry

Witness interviews conducted as part of corruption investigation into company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone

The Independent UK

MPs have ‘no confidence’ in promises made about new hospital programme

The Public Accounts Committee said the programme ‘will not deliver all 40 new hospitals by 2030’.

Evening Standard

What was the PPE VIP fast lane? Michelle Mone and the PPE Medpro scandal explained

Both Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone had consistently denied responsibilities in a company that received £200 million in Covid contracts

The Guardian - UK

Tory turmoil hits efforts to fix staffing crisis in adult social care

National Audit Office says political chaos has delayed proposed measures to improve recruitment in England

The Independent UK

Woman was ‘shadow of former self’ after being stuck in hospital for nine months

Jocelyn Ullmer spent months in hospital waiting for a place in a suitable care home, according to her mother.

The Independent UK

Britain’s former top civil servant apologises for suggesting chickenpox-style Covid parties

The former cabinet secretary acknowledged the remarks could seem ‘heartless and thoughtless’

Evening Standard

Cobra meeting on Covid delayed over fears Hancock wanted to ‘make a splash’, inquiry told

Ex-Cabinet secretary Lord Mark Sedwill told the Covid inquiry he was concerned the health secretary wanted a meeting ‘for communications purposes’.

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