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NHS waiting lists could top eight million by next summer, regardless of whether medics continue striking over pay, according to new analysis. The Health Foundation is calling for changes in policy and continued investment to clear the backlog. In a new report, the organisation modelled four different scenarios and concluded, based on current trends, that NHS waiting lists could peak at eight million by August 2024 if there is no […]

A “huge challenge” remains for the Home Office to clear the backlog in the asylum system and efforts to do so risk creating new backlogs in the courts, according to a damning report from MPs. It also said adequate safeguards are not in place to protect against the risks to vulnerable people. The Government’s current business case for reform of the asylum system is “incomplete and unrealistic”, according to the […]

Rishi Sunak signalled he is “confident” his administration will be able to cut taxes before the next election. But the Prime Minister said it remained the “right economic policy” to focus on delivering his pledge of halving inflation by the end of the year. The British leader included the commitment as one of his five promises to the electorate during a speech in January. Mr Sunak, speaking after his artificial […]

Rishi Sunak will set out how he will address the dangers presented by artificial intelligence while harnessing the benefits as a Government paper warns of a possible existential threat. In a speech in London on Thursday, the Prime Minister will say the rapidly expanding technology brings new opportunities for growth and advances as well as “new dangers”. He will argue he is being responsible by seeking to “address those fears […]

Felix Nmecha dented Newcastle’s Champions League charge as Borussia Dortmund kick-started their Group F campaign with a 1-0 victory on Tyneside. The Germany midfielder’s 45th-minute strike clinched victory at a rain-soaked St James’ Park on a night when three more points for Eddie Howe’s men, who twice hit the crossbar late on, would have left them with one foot in the last-16. They will now head into tough away games […]

Erling Haaland struck twice as holders Manchester City moved a step closer to the Champions League knockout stages with a hard-fought 3-1 win at Young Boys. Haaland put City back into the lead on the artificial surface at Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium after Switzerland international Manuel Akanji’s opener had been brilliantly cancelled out by Meschack Elia. Substitute Julian Alvarez had an effort ruled out by VAR but Haaland made victory certain […]

A year has come to be a long and treacherous road in politics, as witnessed by the turbulence of late. But Rishi Sunak has survived his first as Prime Minister. Mr Sunak will have lasted more than seven times as long as Liz Truss’s fleeting tenure when he marks his first anniversary in No 10 on Wednesday. But No 10 is eager to dispel suggestions that there will be celebrations […]

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright has died at the age of 78 following his battle with cancer, the club have announced. Kenwright, who succeeded Sir Phillip Carter as chairman in 2004 after first joining the board at Goodison Park in 1989, had a cancerous tumour removed from his liver in August. A statement on the club’s website said: “Everton Football Club is in mourning following the death of Chairman Bill Kenwright […]

Barclays has reported lower earnings and cut its profitability forecasts, as it revealed it is considering cutting costs. Shares in the banking giant tumbled by more than 8% on Tuesday morning after it gave an update on its financial performance for the third quarter. It reported a pre-tax profit of £1.9 billion for the three months to September, slightly ahead of analysts’ expectations but below last year’s £2 billion profit. […]