Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharma

The Guardian

THREAD: I watched #Starmer's statement to the #Commons. Twice.

Several MPs did great. Kemi Badenoch was forensic. #DianeAbbott & #JohnMcDonnell rightly focused on the choice of #Mandelson.

#Starmer chose a man who was clearly, from the outset, unsuited to any public office. His obsession with process still blames everyone else for not stopping Mandelson.

The details are well-aired. Now there is a rerun of 2022: will the #UK remove a dud Prime Minister?

https://www.youtube.com/live/GSiMzLbLP7U

#ukpol
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Starmer makes a statement on Mandelson's vetting process

YouTube

#MandelsonFiles - Ex-shadow 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘳 #JohnMcDonnell has accused 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 of dragging the 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 party "𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳" in the wake of yesterday’s release of the Mandelson files.

#MandelsonSAGA #PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer

Bereaved mum makes demand to 'save' other parents' kids after her son's death

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bereaved-mum-makes-demand-save-36846125

Keir Starmer unveils survival plan as first Labour MPs break ranks on PM quitting

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-unveils-survival-plan-36677845

#TomorrowsPapersToday #TheMorningStar

MPs are calling for an inquiry as the last Palestine Action protester ends his hunger strike with just hours to live

#DavidLammey #Labour #JohnMcDonnell

Cooper launches review of ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

Foreign secretary says due diligence procedures were inadequate amid storm over activist’s past tweets

The Guardian

Since the mainstream UK media *still* aren't really publicising the #PalestineAction #hungerstrike, here are more details about the cause, and the hospitalised strikers after weeks without food

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EDIT — Handy #toolkit for supporting the #hungerstrikers:
https://shorturl.at/kBwT8
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(credit to MPs #JeremyCorbyn, #JohnMcDonnell and #ZarahSultana who have actually taken up the cause)

https://civilisation3000.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/some-palestine-action-prisoners-are-on-hunger-strike/

#Filton24

Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers

I jumped straight to #JohnMcDonnell clip - calm and careful, snuck in a reference to wages, without uttering the phrase "minimum wage" #UKPolitics
https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-wants-to-lift-half-a-million-children-out-of-poverty-but-does-his-plan-go-far-enough-13479419
Child poverty strategy unveiled - but not everyone's happy

Removing the two-child benefit cap is central to the government's new plan. But charities warn it has missed an opportunity to do more and the Conservatives argue work is a better way out.

Sky