Wes Streeting

Bridget Phillipson says she is likely to vote against assisted dying bill

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has said she is likely to vote against the bill to legalise assisted dying, as she urged ministerial colleagues to keep their discussions about...

Unemployed could be given weight-loss jabs to get back to work, says Wes Streeting

New weight-loss jabs could be given to unemployed people to help them get back into work, Wes Streeting...

Nurses in England reject government’s 5.5% pay award

Nurses in England have rejected the government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise, the Royal College of Nursing...

We did not do impact assessment of winter fuel payment cut, No 10 admits

Ministers did not carry out a specific impact assessment on the withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from...

Streeting urges doctors to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has urged doctors to work with the government on its plans to change...

Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report

Britain was hit far harder by the Covid-19 pandemic than other developed countries because the NHS had been “seriously weakened” by disastrous government policies...