World news | The GuardianJun 3
Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/03/cost-of-living-and-high-streets-among-top-priorities-for-makerfield-voters-poll-shows #MakerfieldByelection #Politics #GreaterManchester #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PublicServicesPolicy #AndyBurnham #ReformUk #Labour #HouseOfCommons
Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows

Exclusive: Research showing Andy Burnham holding slim lead finds honesty in politicians and immigration also rank as important

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World news | The GuardianMay 25
NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/25/nhs-spends-record-241m-outsourcing-scan-analysis-to-private-firms #Nhs #Hospitals #HealthPolicy #Health #UkNews #Politics #Society #PublicServicesPolicy
NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms

Radiologists say ‘ballooning’ costs reflect staffing failures, forcing a reliance on lower-quality private scan reports

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World news | The GuardianMay 14
Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-vowed-fix-broken-nhs-critics-failed #WesStreeting #HealthPolicy #Politics #Health #LabourPartyLeadership #Labour #PublicServicesPolicy #Society #UkNews
Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking the difficult cans down the road

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Opinion | The Guardian USApr 27
A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work | Hugh Muir https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/27/plane-passengers-uk-deportation-policy-gatwick-forced-removals #ImmigrationAndAsylum #HomeOffice #Migration #PublicServicesPolicy #Society #UkNews #Politics
A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work

On the runway at Gatwick, the visceral reality of forced removals was laid bare. If only more could see what is done in our name, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

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Opinion | The Guardian USApr 16
NHS patients should be able to write up their own medical records – and not have to rely on Post-it notes | Will Parman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/16/nhs-patients-write-medical-records-healthcare-workers #Nhs #HealthPolicy #Cancer #Health #Society #Politics #UkNews #PublicServicesPolicy
NHS patients should be able to write up their own medical records – and not have to rely on Post-it notes

The lack of a unified digital repository for patients and healthcare workers means that key medical changes are often missed. But the NHS can learn from US intelligence sharing, says Emerging Voices winner Will Parman

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World news | The GuardianApr 16
Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/covid-jab-injury-payments-must-be-urgently-reformed-says-inquiry-chair #CovidInquiry #Coronavirus #UkNews #Health #Disability #HealthPolicy #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy
Trust in vaccines needs rebuilding despite ‘extraordinary feat’ of Covid jabs, inquiry finds

Heather Hallett hails scheme but urges ministers and health services to promote better vaccine awareness

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World news | The GuardianApr 8
Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/alarm-health-service-palantir-staff-nhs-email-accounts #Nhs #Palantir #Health #Society #HealthPolicy #Technology #PublicServicesPolicy #Politics #AiArtificialIntelligence #UkNews
Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts

Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff

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World news | The GuardianApr 4
Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/04/trade-unions-bma-pay-talks-demands-doctors-strikes #TradeUnions #Doctors #IndustrialAction #PublicSectorPay #PublicServicesPolicy #Health #Nhs #Politics #Society #UkNews
Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes

Senior figures express concerns over medical union’s refusal of pay rise that is higher than offer to other NHS staff

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World news | The GuardianMar 29
NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/29/nhs-restructure-danger-wes-streeting-revive-service #Nhs #WesStreeting #HealthPolicy #Health #Hospitals #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy #Society #UkNews
NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service

Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’

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World news | The GuardianMar 28
Reform UK’s ‘pro-family’ policies are an exclusionary sham, minister says https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/28/reform-uk-family-policies-labour-best-start-centres-olivia-bailey #Labour #Politics #Children #ReformUk #PublicServicesPolicy #Society #England #Education #UkNews
Reform UK’s ‘pro-family’ policies are an exclusionary sham, minister says

Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all

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