Wes Streeting has defended "unpopular" policies such as the cut to the winter fuel payment following Labour's poor performance in the local elections.
"Voters have sent us a very strong message which we're taking on the chin.
We know there have been some policies which have been unpopular whether it's national insurance or winter fuel among other things - that's how we're investing in the NHS," the health secretary added.
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Wes Streeting has said that Reform UK poses a genuine threat to Labour and is now being regarded as a serious opposition force following the party’s strong performance in the local elections. Both Labour and the Conservatives are facing pressure to turn around their fortunes after Reform gained control of 10 councils and secured more than 600 seats in Thursday’s polls. The Health Secretary acknowledged that Reform UK is a significant threat and that his party is taking it seriously. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the government wants “get behind” new ways of speeding up diagnosis for bowel cancer as he visits the Bowelbabe laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute, named after campaigner Dame Deborah James. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The health secretary has admitted that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are another in a “very long list of challenges” for the government to deal with. Despite this, Wes Streeting commended Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s “cool, calm, level-headed response” to the tariffs. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whatley says the government’s plan to release prisoners early is “alarming”. According to Whatley, Labour have made a “mess of their early release scheme, including accidentally releasing prisoners like violent domestic abusers”.
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"The target was never particularly ambitious," says the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) about Labour's plan to add two million extra NHS appointments during.. Sky News
Responding to reports of Labour back bench criticism over policy, cabinet minister Steve Reed insists the government is “absolutely focussed on supporting those people who are struggling the most with the cost-of-living crisis”. The environment secretary lists increases to pensions and the National Minimum Wage plus increased investment in the NHS as a “Labour thing to do”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says he does not want to see industrial action over public sector pay, saying “I don’t think anybody wants to see strikes”. The prime minister is keen to talk about the different approach between his government and the last Conservative administration saying, “we’ve got our doctors and nurses on the frontline providing care, rather than on the picket line”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Health minister Stephen Kinnock says the government “will consider very carefully” recommendations made by the Pay Review Body for NHS workers, but any deal must be based on the “very tight fiscal position”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer meets officers from Merseyside Police after a car sped through a crowd of pedestrians at a Liverpool FC victory parade on Monday. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Head of Communities, Erica Popplewell, at The River Trust says “systemic change” is needed as Thames Water are fined £122.7m for breaching rules over sewage spills and shareholder payouts.
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The UK has experienced its sunniest spring on record, with four days of the season still to go. Some 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. This beats the previous record of 626 hours set in 2020. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Angela Rayner defends the government’s early release scheme saying, “we inherited a disastrous situation where our prisons were at creaking point”. She continues saying, “the Tories left it in a complete failure, we’re determined to turn it around”.
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