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Conservative Home8 Jun 2026

Thomas Heald: Scotland’s hospitality sector needs breathing space, not more burdens

When a pub closes, we do not simply lose a business. We lose somewhere birthdays are celebrated and football dissected, where neighbours become friends and people who might otherwise never meet end up discussing issues from politics to gardening to the best local takeaway.  The post Thomas Heald: Scotland’s hospitality sector needs breathing space, not more burdens appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jun 2026

Top chefs back Andy Burnham for prime minister to cut VAT on hospitality

Tom Kerridge says ‘whole of hospitality’ should get behind Burnham who has called for VAT cut from 20% to 10% Chefs and restaurateurs have said they hope Andy Burnham becomes prime minister after he backed calls to cut VAT tax for hospitality businesses. Burnham, who is standing as the Labour candidate in the Makerfield byelection and is expected to launch a challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership if he wins, has called for the rate to be cut from 20% to 10% to be in line with European rates. Co

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The Guardian Politics7 Jun 2026

Social housing lists ‘would take 119 years to clear at current building rate’

Research shows generations of children in England will grow up homeless unless government addresses council housing debt, charity says It would take more than a century to clear the social housing waiting lists in England at the government’s current speed of delivering new social homes, research by Shelter has shown. The housing charity found that more than 1.3m households are on a waiting list for a social home, but only 12,198 were built by councils, housing associations or private developers

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The Guardian Politics4 Jun 2026

The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech | Editorial

Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public data Alarm bells ought to have rung when it emerged last month that Palantir engineers could gain “unlimited access” to identifiable NHS patient data. Such sensitive medical information was only supposed to be available either to someone involved in a patient’s care or with the patient’s informed consent. NHS England’s new position appears to have changed that, extending

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BBC Politics4 Jun 2026

NHS staff should be banned from wearing political badges, report recommends

The recommendation is one of several from Lord Mann, whose review examined antisemitism within the organisation.

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BBC Politics3 Jun 2026

NHS staff should be banned from wearing pro-Palestinian badges, report recommends

The recommendation is one of several from Lord Mann, whose review examined antisemitism within the organisation.

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The Guardian Politics3 Jun 2026

UK government to pay £1.3bn to help fund Universal Studios theme park in Bedfordshire

Chancellor hails deal saying it will create tens of thousands of jobs in the construction, hospitality, creative and technology sectors Business live – latest update British taxpayers will provide £1.3bn in funding to help Hollywood studio giant Universal build its first theme park in Europe. Comcast, the US media company that owns NBC Universal and Sky, had been considering a number of countries in which to build its first European theme park. Continue reading...

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Express Politics3 Jun 2026

POLL: Are migrants taking too many jobs?

Recent analysis has shown migrants account for 64% of hospitality roles in London - now Express readers debate if that's too many

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The Guardian Politics2 Jun 2026

GPs in England too ‘overloaded’ to help older people at risk of falling, say MPs

NHS bosses giving evidence to public accounts committee admit current position is unacceptable GPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what NHS bosses accept is an unacceptable failure of care, the House of Commons’ public accounts committee has said. Pressure on GPs’ time has intensified as a result of the government’s decision to give patients online access to their services, according to a report by the influential cross-party group

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Express Politics2 Jun 2026

NHS sick leave epidemic costs the taxpayer a staggering £4.6billion

A new report warns that 'unsustainable' absences are hugely impacting services and patients are suffering

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy

For decades Labour warned that Conservatives would privatise the NHS. Yet Wes Streeting may ultimately be remembered as the Health Secretary who convinced growing numbers of GP practices that the traditional NHS model is no longer sustainable The post Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics1 Jun 2026

NHS single patient record to be debated for first time

Reforms to the NHS records system could result in 20,000 fewer visits to A&E annually, according to government projections.

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