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Health secretary: Austerity has not contributed to NHS woes

Spending restraint in the NHS through the 2010s has not contributed to the health services’ current woes, the health secretary has insisted.  Steve Barclay rejected the findings of a King’s Fund report from April, which said the NHS had “declined since 2010, as a result of much lower funding increases, limited funds for capital investment… Read more »

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Minister suggests British banks are ‘profiteering’ from rising interest rates

British banks have been accused of “profiteering” as millions of Britons struggle to get by during the cost-of-living crisis. As a result, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has summoned the four big banks for a meeting on Thursday over their conduct. Appearing to support such allegations, veterans minister Johnny Mercer said this morning: “Interest rates… Read more »