Jeremy Hunt calls for massive boost in UK defence spending
Britain should increase defence spending to the same level as the US, Jeremy Hunt has proposed, as he declared: “Peace comes from strength, not luck.” Writing for…
The runners and riders who could replace Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has come under increasing pressure this year as calls for his resignation mount. After the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Tuesday 25 January that it would…
‘Vegetables do get stuck up orifices’: what frontline doctors think about This Is Going to Hurt
What’s the strangest object you’ve lost in your body? I’ll go first: a petit pois, lodged deep inside my left nostril during a fit of childish experimentation….
GPs overpaid £28m in bonuses, says NHS England
GPs were overpaid £28.4 million in bonuses, NHS England has claimed as it seeks legal action to recover the money. Family doctors were previously eligible for “seniority…
The runners and riders for who could replace Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has come under increasing pressure in recent days amid the mounting allegations of parties in Downing Street. Sue Gray’s report is set to be released…
Jeremy Hunt: My ambition to be Prime Minister has not completely vanished
In what has been viewed as one of the first indications of a potential leadership campaign, he told The House magazine: “I think the issues around ‘partygate’…
Iain Dale’s picks for who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister
She has had a torrid time of late in the Home Office, especially over the Channel migrant issue. It is difficult to see how she would have…
The regicidal Tories won’t oust Boris until a successor steps up
The Conservatives have long been the natural party of regicide which is, right now, what is keeping Boris Johnson in place. A more impulsive party might have…
Around 10,000 hospital beds occupied by elderly patients ready to go home but waiting for care
Around 10,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by elderly people owing to a lack of available care workers to look after them at home, NHS leaders have…
No 10’s plans will fail to solve the social care crisis, warns Jeremy Hunt
“It’s hard to see looking at these measures the NHS and social care systems being fully integrated as they should be and it’s very hard to see…
Train more medics to cut £6bn locum bill, Jeremy Hunt urges No 10
“They are worried about cost, but all I would say is that – yes, this will mean that we train more doctors, but for every additional doctor…