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Packaging tax will push up prices for consumers, say industry bosses

The BRC said the packaging tax was a ‘multi-billion pound levy being paid by consumers during a cost-of-living crisis’.

The Independent UK

Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband to say

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

The Independent UK

Reform will ‘betray’ young people by waging war on clean energy, Miliband to say

Miliband to announce more funding for solar panels on schools and hospitals.

Evening Standard

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NHS Withdraws First Cousin Marriage Guidance After Highlighting 'Benefits' Despite Known Genetic Risks

NHS England quietly removed controversial first cousin marriage guidance after political backlash, despite knowing about doubled birth defect risks from major Bradford study.

International Business Times UK

NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service

Letter: Government reforms could lead to the NHS going the way of social care, where the state is longer able, or willing, to deliver, says Margaret Greenwood

The Guardian - UK

What will the NHS's plans for an online hospital look like?

The plan for an NHS online hospital stems from a need to cut health waiting lists.

Evening Standard

GP reveals how to protect your lungs from winter viruses, coughs and colds

Wrap up warm and keep up to date with vaccinations to keep your lungs happy

The Independent UK

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Labour Party Conference 2025: Keir Starmer takes swipe at Nigel Farage as he warns of battle for 'soul' of divided Britain

The Prime Minister says Nigel Farage ‘doesn’t believe in Britain’ and takes aim at ‘politics of grievance’

Evening Standard

Weight-loss jabs should be available to millions more on NHS, Streeting suggests

Health should not be determined by wealth, says Wes Streeting at the Labour Party conference

The Independent UK

'We need her back': Health Secretary dedicates care announcement to ex-minister Angela Rayner

The Health Secretary told the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday: ‘We need her back’

Evening Standard

The UK must invest in medicines – but not at any price

The UK’s science minister, Sir Patrick Vallance, has sounded the alarm over the country’s declining investment in medicines. He warned that the NHS risks losing out on important treatments and the country could lose its place at the cutting edge of medical research if spending does not recover. It comes…

The Conversation

The benefits & negatives of cousin marriage as NHS gives guidance

As the NHS faces backlash following first cousin marriage guidance, here’s a guide to the debate around the controversial practice

Evening Standard

Farage is ‘a con artist’ and country faces ‘fight of our lives’ – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting used his Labour party conference speech in Liverpool to attack the Reform UK leader.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Easy to snipe from the sidelines’: Readers defend Starmer amid questions over Burnham’s leadership ambitions

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees Andy Burnham’s supposed leadership manoeuvres as divisive. While some defended Keir Starmer’s authority, others questioned Labour’s overall direction and unity

The Independent UK

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Health Secretary wants puberty blocker trials to start ‘as soon as possible’

No patients have yet been recruited to the trial while ethical and regulatory approval is awaited

Evening Standard

Streeting keen to get puberty blocker trial up and running as soon as possible

Plans were announced in 2024 but a trial is still awaiting ethical and regulatory approval.

Evening Standard

Patients to get online access to specialists ‘from comfort of home’ – Streeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used his leader’s speech at Labour’s conference to set out the plans for NHS Online.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair’s role in Gaza plan will ‘raise eyebrows to say the least’, health secretary admits

Donald Trump has unveiled a 20-point peace plan that has been backed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and is being considered by Hamas

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Evening Standard

Work with us or face Farage, Streeting tells BMA

It comes amid rising tensions over a plan for online access in GP surgeries.

The Guardian - UK

NHS ‘online hospital’ plan announced to help cut waiting lists in England

NHS experts welcome ambition of scheme due to launch in 2027 but some raise questions about how it will work

The Independent UK

Streeting urges apology over NHS claim first-cousin marriage has ‘advantages’

Research has found children from first-cousin marriages are more likely to suffer birth defects and developmental problems.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting demands apology over NHS claim first-cousin marriage has ‘advantages’

‘The first I heard of this was when I saw that report, I asked immediately, ‘What on earth is going on here and what are they playing at?’ - Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

‘Happy, healthy’ girl left paralysed from neck down after falling ill

Ivy Amos was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord

The Independent UK

NHS ‘online hospital’ service to launch by 2027

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Euronews

Big Pharma’s retreat: Is NHS pricing behind investor pullbacks?

Multinational pharmaceutical firms are pulling pack or pausing investments in the UK, blaming a lack of competitive drug pricing.

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