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The Guardian Politics5 Aug 2026

NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper

Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather? The NHS has been warned to prepare for potential annual summer crises caused by extreme heat with the same pressures as winter, as heatwaves caused by the climate crisis become routine in the UK. The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, said NHS staff were feeling A&E pressures that would

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The Guardian Politics1 Aug 2026

‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster

Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report finds Parliament is “Britain’s last alcohol-soaked workplace” where MPs are offered free drinks as early as midday despite alcohol-related scandals, a report has revealed. Drinking is commonplace and some MPs have had their stomachs pumped after consuming so much alcohol that they ended up in hospital, one disclosed. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics1 Aug 2026

EU relations, climate crisis and Gaza: why Ed Miliband is fired up by Foreign Office challenges

Labour veteran is said to relish role that requires careful negotiation of Trump and impending G20 leadership Extraordinarily, given the importance of geopolitics, the office of foreign secretary has sometimes appeared a consolation prize in British politics, perhaps reflecting the transfer of responsibility to Downing Street or the Cabinet Office. That is not how Ed Miliband views the job. His allies say suggestions that he nurses resentment after he was deprived of the chance to be chancellor

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Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Callum McGoldrick: Failure pays well in the NHS

Fudged figures, increasing executive salaries and declining performance. This is the true legacy of Starmer’s two years presiding over the NHS. The new health secretary, Yvette Cooper, is yet to lay out any new plans to boost performance, but one thing is very clear: increasing salaries to ever new highs is not the answer. The post Callum McGoldrick: Failure pays well in the NHS appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead

Much of this is challenging to communicate to a country which has a very low risk appetite for investing in the first place, and a media environment that often frames business profits as an exclusively negative thing. No one likes the establishment doing better – it’s all Reform and the Greens seem to talk about nowadays. The post Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

Fit schools, hospitals and new homes with air con, say Lib Dems

The party says the country is "woefully unprepared for extreme heat", as parts of the UK prepare for another heatwave.

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BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

NHS 'will collapse' without social care reform, PM tells BBC

The prime minister says he would not want to leave office without bringing in "substantial change" to the social care system.

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

EXC: Healthcare Regulator Trains Staff on How to Handle Rolling Blackouts

The regulator responsible for regulating all health and social care services in England is gaming rolling blackouts as part of its training for staff. Don’t worry, be happy… The Care Quality Commission is running training with a series of case studies for what could affect its Business Continuity Plan. After one which models a cyber…

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Alarm over NHS patients records being placed in hands of US private equity firm

Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England A US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensitive health data is increasingly being handed to private companies. The investment firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the healthcare technology business behind the electronic patient record system used by most GP practices in England, in a deal worth about $400m (£300m

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’

Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcy Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned. Nigel Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, which would involve a higher rate of employer national insurance as well as a separate annual charge. I

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham vows to use his ‘political capital’ to fix social care system

PM says that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse, in first full interview since entering No 10 Andy Burnham has pledged to use “whatever political capital I have” to finally fix the crumbling social care system in England, saying that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse. In his first full interview since becoming prime minister last week, Burnham said he could not put a timetable on the arrival of a new system for social care but that its creation would ta

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BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

NHS 'will collapse' without social care reform, PM tells BBC

The prime minister says he would not want to leave office without bringing in "substantial change" to the social care system.

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