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In the exclusive first extracts of his book One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry-Up, Labour rising star Wes Streeting tells how overcoming challenges of a deprived council estate has shaped his politics today

The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from the East End to Cambridge University and Westminster

The Prime Minister cast fresh doubt over the already-delayed October 2025 date for introducing a financial cap which would mean no-one paid more than £86,000 for care

Health Secretary Steve Barclay admitted that some of the original facilities will not be completed by the end of the decade as focus is shifting to five hospitals deemed 'not safe to operate beyond 2030'

The Mirror can reveal the Home Secretary's special adviser insisted she had not been done for speeding when contacted by this newspaper six weeks ago

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting claimed Nestle is "not serious" after it claimed its KitKat cereal is "nutritious", as he outlined plans to help people make healthy choices

Keir Starmer is poised to set out “serious, deep, long-term changes” that also aim to slash cancer deaths and improve mental health treatment - and make the NHS "fit for the future"

Labour's Keir Starmer will pledge to end record delays in accident and emergency departments as he unveils plans to overhaul the health service on Monday

The Shadow Health Secretary added he was lucky he survived his own scare after kidney cancer was picked up by chance, aged 38

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting described the latest Tory failure as another 'broken promise', adding: 'So much for Rishi Sunak's relaunch.'

Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer claimed the PM is "starting to gain the trust of the British public" despite losing more than 1,000 council seats across England in Thursday's local elections

Voter ID rules introduced by the Tories meant thousands were turned away at polling stations. Officials in Maidstone in Kent said 137 people arrived without acceptable photo ID

By 7.30pm on Friday the Tories had taken a battering, losing more than 1,000 seats and control of 40 councils as a delighted Keir Starmer claimed Labour are on track to win a majority at the next General Election

Last year 185,664 days were lost to stress out of just over a million sick days in all, 8% more than 2021. That is equal to a daily average of almost 3,000 medics calling in ill

In a stark statement, the Labour frontbencher said the health service is 'still salvageable' as he vowed his party could 'turn the situation around' in its first term if it was in government

Kate Garraway and Adil Ray spoke to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting on Good Morning Britain but viewers criticised the interview

Figures for 2022 show someone in Somerset waited about a year and eight months for a test or scan when it should only be two weeks

Figures obtained by Labour revealed it took 65 hours for paramedics to get to one person in the North West in December - 32 times the two-hour target for a category 3 call

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said the PM faces punishment at the ballot box as she urged Tory ministers to enter talks to avert fresh hospital strikes

The Royal College of Nursing will hold a round-the-clock 48-hour strike from 8pm on Sunday, April 30 to 8pm on Tuesday, May 2, including the Bank Holiday Monday

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said members would be balloted on a fresh wave of industrial action after rejecting the latest pay offer from the Government

New analysis reveals three quarters of patients in some parts of England are unable to see the doctor of their choice - with only 50% held face to face in some areas

The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'

Thousands of fat cat bosses were left toasting Chancellor Jeremy Hunt after he scrapped the top limit on tax-free pensions savings, a move which has been branded a "pensions bung to the wealthy"

New figures show one in every three NHS trusts has declared the highest level of emergency since Christmas - with hospitals overcrowded and patient safety potentially compromised