Archive: Andrew Lansley

Comment: Everything Lansley said about drugs is inaccurate

Niamh Eastwood: 'The debate on drug policy and drug treatment is difficult enough in the UK without politicians espousing information that is incorrect.'

Irrational, reactionary and factually wrong: Andrew Lansley really ticked all the boxes with his response to drugs policy.

Comment: What would the world look like after the war on drugs?

Analysis: Will Cameron be the prime minister who admits the war on drugs has failed?

Comment: What can the UK learn from New Zealand's radical new drugs bill?

Six days to go: Campaigners apply pressure ahead of NHS 'privatisation' vote

NHS reform: Are we heading towards privatisation?

Campaigners are turning the screws on Jeremy Hunt ahead of a Lords vote which some say would privatise the NHS.

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Andy Burnham speech in full

Andy Burnham, shadow health secretary, on NHS reform

Read shadow health secretary Andy Burnham's full speech to conference.

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Comment: A defensive reshuffle by a weak prime minister

Ian Dunt: 'Tory backbenchers' desires are incompatible with being in government'

Cameron has capitulated to his backbenchers in a disastrous attempt to retain authority over his party.

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Shock in Westminster as Jeremy Hunt made health secretary

Hunt is the unexpected winner of the reshuffle

Jeremy Hunt has taken over from Andrew Lansley as health secretary, in a move which stunned Westminster insiders.

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The Lansley gamble: Limit raised on hospitals' private income

Lansley is removing the cap on hospitals' private income

There were fears Andrew Lansley had opened the door to NHS privatisation today, after the health secretary raised the cap on hospitals' private income.

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Doctors demand health secretary Lansley's resignation

The medical group said they have 'no confidence' in the health secretary

Doctors have passed a motion of no confidence against health secretary Andrew Lansley.

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Lansley faces wrath of the nurses

Andrew Lansley versus the nurses: There can only be one winner...

Health secretary Andrew Lansley is to address angry nurses frustrated by cutbacks to community care later this morning.

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Govt refuses to publish NHS risk register

Cabinet has vetoed publication of the risk register

The government is vetoing the publication of the controversial risk register outlining the full impact of its NHS reforms.

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Abortion inspectors bite back at Lansley

Abortion controversy surrounds Andrew Lansley after health secretary ordered CQC inspections

Spot checks on abortion clinics ordered by health secretary Andrew Lansley are at the centre of a growing political row.

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Comment: Anti-abortion extremists are in the heart of government

Ian Dunt: 'For supporters of women's rights, the best defence is offence.'

Extremist backbenchers and sympathetic ministers are conspiring to threaten abortion rights.

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Harman to Clegg: 'Even now, you can stop NHS reform'

Washong their hands of it? No 10 wants the health and social care bill passed by March 20th.

Harriet Harman appealed to Nick Clegg to stop the NHS reform bill today, despite plans for it to become law next week.

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Labour woos rebellious Lib Dems during dramatic NHS debate

Burnham: "It is time for all parties to put the NHS first and put their traditional loyalties to one side."

Andy Burnham has used a dramatic and bad-tempered Commons debate to "develop an agreement" between Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs over the coalition's NHS reforms.

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politics.co.uk podcast: The coalition's despised NHS reforms

Health workers get their message across at the Save The NHS rally

Fears of privatisation are overshadowing the government's incredibly unpopular health and social care bill.

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Last man standing: Surgeons prepare to rebel against NHS reform

Cutting it up: The Royal College of Surgeons previously chose to engage with the government on the bill

One of the final royal colleges to support the NHS reform bill will hold an extraordinary general meeting tonight to decide whether it should switch its allegiance.

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Sketch: The neverending jeering of Andrew Lansley

Another tough day at the office for Andrew Lansley

There was nowhere the health secretary would less like to be than the Commons this afternoon.

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Govt in 'disarray' after Clegg's NHS intervention

In the firing line: Lansley will not welcome having to explain the letter in the Commons

The government was accused of being in "disarray" today, after Nick Clegg's letter demanding further amendments to NHS reform was debated in the Commons.

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Game changer? Lib Dem leadership backs NHS reform critics

Cameron and Clegg during the listening exercise. Some believe Lib Dems missed a trick when they failed to kill off the bill during this early pause.

Nick Clegg has effectively authorised Liberal Democrat peers to dismantle key sections of the NHS reform bill in a bid to appease his grassroots supporters.

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NHS reform: Miliband proposes alliance with Lib Dem Lords

Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham are unlikely to stop the NHS reform bill, but they can inflict major political damage on the coalition.

Liberal Democrat peers should team-up with Labour to defeat the government's NHS reforms this week, Ed Miliband has said.

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NHS reform: Commons scene of 'worst tempered debate'

The deputy Speaker tried to control the rhetoric in the Commons today.

A debate on the publication of an NHS risk register has been branded the "worst tempered" session of his tenure by the deputy Speaker.

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Video: Crowds mock Lansley as he enters Downing Street

Watch video of crowds mocking health secretary Andrew Lansley as he tries to enter Downing Street.

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Locked out: Cameron excludes doctors' groups from NHS reform talks

Locked out? Only bill supporters are invited to today's talks.

Groups representing the doctors who are supposed to handle commissioning under NHS reform have been excluded from talks in Downing Street today because of their opposition to the policy.

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Lansley faces questions over civil servants' tax avoidance

The department of health was paying the salaries of 25 of their employees to limited companies, allowing them to reduce the tax they paid, according to reports.

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