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The NHS is not an out-of-bounds shrine. It needs unsentimental reform
Our healthcare system is no longer the envy of the world. Labour will make the hard choices that are needed to resuscitate it
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Prosecutions of Northern Ireland veterans could restart under Labour government
During speech in Belfast, Keir Starmer pledges to repeal new legislation designed to put an end to ‘vexatious’ lawsuits
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The Online Safety Bill is the perfect tool for censoring conservatives – yet for Labour it doesn’t go far enough
The Tories have done nothing to roll back the ‘equality’ agenda of the Blair-Brown years. A Starmer-led government will make things worse
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Labour will back any deal to fix Northern Ireland Protocol, Keir Starmer to pledge
Opposition leader set to say that he will give the Prime Minister ‘whatever political cover you need’ to reach an agreement
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Sadiq Khan calls for debate on rejoining single market and says ‘Brexit isn’t working’
Mayor of London goes against Labour policy to advocate a return to closer economic ties with the European Union
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Lord Clarke: Time for a Labour victory to give Tories ‘a rest’
Grandees remarks come after Lord Patten and Lord Heseltine both argued that election defeat could prove beneficial in long term
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Privately-educated Labour MPs criticised for voting to scrap independent school tax breaks
Ministers who backed motion in House of Commons accused of trying to 'destabilise' the sector they have benefited from
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Labour scales back plan to tear up GP contracts
Rishi Sunak savages proposal in the Commons, saying it would create even more disruption for under-pressure NHS
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Starmer squawked aphorisms as Sunak clenched his teeth - but gallows humour saved the day
Tory hecklers on the backbench were out in force, cutting off the Labour leader mid-diatribe on NHS waiting lists and fading him to grey
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Rishi Sunak: I have used private healthcare but am registered with NHS GP
Prime Minister declined to say whether he had ever paid for medical cover three times over the weekend
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Labour could scrap two-child benefit cap under welfare reforms
Jonathan Ashworth is reviewing rules which are 'punishing' larger families with a view to ditching them
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Minimum levels of service for nurses, ambulances... and the Tories too please
The debate over strikes continues as Grant Shapps tries to defend the Government's proposed anti-strike law to much resistance
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Labour pays black and minority staff nine per cent less than white people
The party has pledged to increase its proportion of BAME workers and narrow its ethnicity pay gap in light of new data
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Former Tory minister quits party and backs Sir Keir Starmer to lead Britain
Claire Perry O’Neill, who was in Theresa May’s Cabinet, says she has lost faith in ‘cavalier’ and ‘self-obsessed’ Conservatives
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David Lammy's £200,000 pay from second jobs just 'part of the political process', says Keir Starmer
Labour’s shadow foreign secretary has previously attacked other parliamentarians for lucrative second roles
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Use private sector to tackle NHS waiting lists, urges Keir Starmer
Labour leader pledges his party will 'give Britain its NHS back', as he pushes for Rishi Sunak to match his 'bold' plans
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Rishi Sunak more trusted by public on the economy than Keir Starmer, poll shows
Prime Minister has clear lead over Labour leader when it comes to cutting inflation, growing the economy and tackling national debt
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Starmer may be channelling Blair, but his policies are a gift to the far-Left
In his most significant speech to date, the Labour leader committed to an agenda that risks littering the UK with little Soviet republics
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Labour’s approach to Brexit trade deals would make Britain a laughing stock
Sir Keir Starmer has promised not to overspend. But in one vital area he should spend more
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Even Biden’s America is booming compared with basket-case Britain
Our many problems are not shared across the Atlantic, where economic growth is strong and public services are run properly
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Rishi Sunak has a ‘safe pair of hands’ approach – but he needs a game-changer
Pollsters find Prime Minister facing struggle to turn Tory fortunes around despite stabilising the party’s ratings