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Oliver Duff

Oliver is Editor-in-chief of i and inews.co.uk. He writes on politics, media and science, and previously worked as Executive Editor for news and investigations.

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2230 FRIDAY MAY 19 File photo dated 12/05/2023 Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, meeting scientists during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in north London. More than 23,000 people died in A&E in England in 2022 amid record waiting times, Labour has claimed. Figures obtained by the party through freedom of information requests showed there were 4,000 more deaths in emergency departments last year than in 2021 and 5,500 more than in 2019. Issue date: Friday May 19, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS AandE. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Oliver Duff

Labour’s plan for the NHS is taking shape

In i’s new podcast, Labour’s Plan For Power, Paul Waugh breaks down the shadow Health Secretary's blueprint for the health service

Oliver Duff

A poisonous finale to Braverman’s time in office

Oliver Duff

Bring up the bodies: a historical epic in Downing Street

Article thumbnail: Keeping Suella Braverman in post has been the only practical position open to Rishi Sunak from the moment he became Tory leader. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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The PM can no longer turn a blind to Suella Braverman

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Clock ticking on a vote that will shape Britain's future

Article thumbnail: Kier Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, speaks as he attends a by-election victory event for Sarah Edwards, newly elected MP for Tamworth, at Tamworth football stadium, Tamworth in central Britain, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Article thumbnail: Kier Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, speaks as he attends a by-election victory event for Sarah Edwards, newly elected MP for Tamworth, at Tamworth football stadium, Tamworth in central Britain, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Article thumbnail: Britain's Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's then-Chancellor of the Exchequer and current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend a news conference to give a daily update on the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London on March 20, 2020. (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's then-Chancellor of the Exchequer and current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend a news conference to give a daily update on the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London on March 20, 2020. (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: SDEROT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: Smoke rises as the destroyed buildings in Gaza are seen from the city of Sderot, Israel on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: SDEROT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: Smoke rises as the destroyed buildings in Gaza are seen from the city of Sderot, Israel on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Children sit in the back of an ambulance at Shifa Hospital after an Israeli air strike hit the nearby Al-Ahli Hospital, according to Gaza Health Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Article thumbnail: Children sit in the back of an ambulance at Shifa Hospital after an Israeli air strike hit the nearby Al-Ahli Hospital, according to Gaza Health Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri