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NHS in ‘last-chance saloon’, says former health secretary Alan Milburn

Milburn set to take senior health department role and says crisis is ‘million times worse’ than when he was in office

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

NHS must be weaned off ‘more, more, more’ culture, warns Alan Milburn

The former health secretary has been appointed to a senior Department of Health and Social Care position by Wes Streeting.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

NHS is drinking in ‘last chance saloon’, says Labour health advisor

‘The NHS is in the worst state I’ve ever seen’ Alan Milburn said

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

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Private sector offers to the NHS must beat ‘one for the price of two’ deal

Brief letters: Streeting’s scepticism | The force of female artists | Accordion jokes | Defining ‘scientific racism’ | Tesco’s solar energy drive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

The big idea: is nostalgia killing politics?

From the Tories’ Thatcher fixation to Labour’s Blair fetish, ideas from the past are poisoning the political present

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

Alan Milburn to be given lead role in Labour’s health ministry

Move reignites row over Labour figures with private interests having access to government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Who are the key New Labour figures in Keir Starmer’s government?

The PM is surrounded by Blairites, from Pat McFadden and Liz Kendall to Jacqui Smith and Jonathan Powell

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

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Wes Streeting accused of 'cronyism' after inviting PFI pioneer to Government meetings

WES Streeting has defended bringing a key figure in New Labour’s private finance initiative (PFI) projects to government meetings – despite him…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 9, 2024

The Usual Suspects: Meet Labour's best pals in the great PFI wheeze

THROUGHOUT the PFI saga the same faces and names kept coming up.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 30, 2024

Why are we talking about PFI now?

The public finance initiative was brought in under John Major’s government between 1992 and 1997 but was considerably expanded after that point…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29, 2024

Labour adviser says long-term sick should be forced into work

Former health secretary Alan Milburn, who is advising the government, said seven in 10 economically inactive people want to work but few are required to or have the help to do so

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

Integrate NHS services and job centres to get more people working, report says

Exclusive: Pioneering study says regime based largely on benefit sanctions has failed to tackle economic inactivity

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

Jackie Baillie backs Wes Streeting's NHS private sector plans

SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader has suggested the Scottish Government should follow Wes Streeting’s plans for heavier involvement of the private…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2024

Labour planning to replace NHS England chair with party loyalist

Exclusive: Alan Milburn, Jacqui Smith and Sally Morgan would be contenders to take over from Richard Meddings

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

A Labour government will have five years to fix the NHS or face the unthinkable

Public satisfaction with the health service is at an all-time low, so now might be time to reconsider what we expect from it

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

Two former health secretaries join calls for new law on assisted dying

Senior Conservative and Labour figures said they would back changes to legislation on the issue in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Working-class people in UK ‘paid £6,000 less for same professional roles’

‘Shameful’ class pay gap is even worse for women from poorer upbringings, according to analysis by Social Mobility Foundation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Cuts, war, Brexit: all fuel the battle for the centre ground, but no one really knows where that is

It is the concept dominating our politics, but unless people have a clear idea what it means, the debate will isolate them further, says author and broadcaster Steve Richards

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Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2023

Wes Streeting plan to use private beds for NHS patients gets backing of Alan Milburn

The shadow Health boss wants to buy excess capacity in the private sector to carry out 233,000 procedures a year to cut NHS waiting lists if Keir Starmer becomes PM

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

NIO wanted Treasury to cover spiralling costs of Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Hundreds of classified government files have been opened for public viewing at the Public Record Office in Belfast.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022

Revealed: working class people paid thousands less than middle class peers despite doing same jobs

Firms should be ‘legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary differences of up to £10,000

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

UK minister said compensation for infected blood victims was mistake – inquiry

Alan Milburn, former secretary of state for health, told his Scottish counterpart Malcolm Chisholm that compensation was a ‘grave mistake’.

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