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Jeremy Hunt warned of £2bn real-term cuts to NHS funding
The already-strained health service could suffer a 1.2% cut in day-to-day spending in England, according to analysis.
Nurses should have student debt written off in return for NHS work – poll
The survey comes amid concerns about vacancy rates in NHS nursing posts.
Sadiq Khan to pledge Met Police reforms to restore trust
The mayor of London will open the latest London Policing Board on Tuesday.
Sinead O’Connor’s estate demands Trump stops using her music at rallies
A statement said the singer, who died last July aged 56, lived by a ‘fierce moral code’ and had previously referred to Trump as a ‘biblical devil’.
Reeves: It will take time for Labour government to undo Tories’ economic damage
Labour’s shadow chancellor said people could ‘see through’ Jeremy Hunt’s plan to ‘max out’ the headroom to pay for a pre-election giveaway.
No 10 denies Sunak is Budget ‘backseat driver’ as Hunt hints at tax cuts
Downing Street was forced to deny suggestions that Rishi Sunak views his Chancellor as ‘timid as Jeremy Hunt promised a responsible Budget.
More than 170 councils urge Chancellor to extend cost-of-living support
Council leaders from across the political spectrum have written to Jeremy Hunt asking him to ‘urgently extend’ the Household Support Fund.
Defiant peers inflict first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill
The Prime Minister has previously warned the Lords against frustrating ‘the will of the people’.
BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn launches legal action against Nigel Farage
Corbyn has instructed his lawyers to commence first steps in legal proceedings against Nigel Farage.