Matt Hancock’s route to Health and Social Care Secretary mirrors that of his predecessor Jeremy Hunt. Both spent time as Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Secretary before taking over
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As Theresa May’s Government was plunged into a fresh crisis by Boris Johnson’s resignation as Foreign Secretary over Brexit, she rewarded her Remain-campaigning ally Jeremy Hunt with the top Foreign
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Focus on the Brexit “soap opera” has delayed the Government’s response to a report examining abuse of British children sent overseas, a minister has suggested. Jackie Doyle-Price thanked Labour’s Lisa
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The Conservatives’ leader in the Welsh Assembly has quit the post after seven years following a spat over the future for jobs in Wales after Brexit. Andrew RT Davies said
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Senior MPs have raised concerns that potentially hundreds of thousands of EU citizens could “fall through the cracks” of the Government’s new immigration scheme. Home Office ministers were warned that
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A multi-billion pound increase in NHS funding will “go down the drain” unless action is taken on social care, a leading medic has warned. Labour peer Lord Turnberg, a former
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The leader of one of the country’s biggest trade unions has called on the Prime Minister to fund the NHS properly or call a general election. Dave Prentis, general secretary
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Tax rises to support a £20.5 billion-a-year boost to the NHS budget will be “fair and balanced”, Theresa May has vowed. The Prime Minister insisted the Government would take a
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The NHS is to get an extra £384 million a week after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. In a major announcement to mark the 70th anniversary of the
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The devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales have united to raise serious concerns about the status of European citizens after Brexit. In a letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, ministers
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