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Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks on the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Politics

NHS doesn't need 'ever increasing' amounts of money to improve, Streeting says

The shadow Health Secretary told the latest episode of i‘s podcast Labour’s Plan For Power that pouring more money 'into a broken system' would not fix it

Paul Waugh
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Labour voters will punish Starmer if he short-changes the NHS

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Labour would 'hold the door open' for private sector in NHS, says Wes Streeting

Article thumbnail: PABest Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the InchDairnie Distillery in Glenrothes, Fife. Picture date: Thursday November 16, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
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Analysis

Suella Braverman’s scathing letter to Rishi Sunak is the ultimate gift for Labour

Paul Waugh

Cameron comeback lays bare the Tories' identity crisis

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 Home Secretary Suella Braverman during a briefing before attending a county lines raid with officers from West Midlands Police in Coventry. Officers from Coventry Police joined specialist colleagues to execute five warrants across the city during the raid and shut down several cannabis factories with a combined street value of more than ?850,000. Picture date: Wednesday October 11, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE CountyLines. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 Home Secretary Suella Braverman during a briefing before attending a county lines raid with officers from West Midlands Police in Coventry. Officers from Coventry Police joined specialist colleagues to execute five warrants across the city during the raid and shut down several cannabis factories with a combined street value of more than ?850,000. Picture date: Wednesday October 11, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE CountyLines. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 8: Former UK prime minister takes part in the 18th meeting of the Yalta European Strategy ???The Future is Decided in Ukraine??? on September 8, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 8: Former UK prime minister takes part in the 18th meeting of the Yalta European Strategy ???The Future is Decided in Ukraine??? on September 8, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Rachel Reeves Labour MP for Leeds West, Shadow chancellor delivers her speech to conference on October 09, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among MPs and Shadow Ministers addressing delegates on day two of Labour Party conference. (Photo by Nicola Tree/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Rachel Reeves Labour MP for Leeds West, Shadow chancellor delivers her speech to conference on October 09, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among MPs and Shadow Ministers addressing delegates on day two of Labour Party conference. (Photo by Nicola Tree/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Rachel Reeves Labour MP for Leeds West, Shadow chancellor delivers her speech to conference on October 09, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among MPs and Shadow Ministers addressing delegates on day two of Labour Party conference. (Photo by Nicola Tree/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Rachel Reeves Labour MP for Leeds West, Shadow chancellor delivers her speech to conference on October 09, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among MPs and Shadow Ministers addressing delegates on day two of Labour Party conference. (Photo by Nicola Tree/Getty Images)