Health Policy Insight
Healthcare management online analysis and intelligence
The home of UK health policy

Politics

Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion

BBC Politics - Fri, 06/05/2026 - 17:26
11 Sikh MPs say the killing was about "a man carrying an offensive weapon and committing a brutal murder".
Categories: Politics

How the contest is shaping up two weeks ahead of crucial Makerfield by-election

BBC Politics - Fri, 06/05/2026 - 17:00
What stood out from the Question Time exchanges between candidates in the Makerfield by-election?
Categories: Politics

How would a Labour leadership contest work?

BBC Politics - Fri, 06/05/2026 - 14:08
How could MPs who want Sir Keir Starmer to be replaced force a leadership contest and who could stand?
Categories: Politics

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

BBC Politics - Fri, 06/05/2026 - 08:56
The Greater Manchester mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.
Categories: Politics

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC Politics - Fri, 06/05/2026 - 06:00
The Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer KC.
Categories: Politics

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger dies aged 62

BBC Politics - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 11:23
Sir Alex held a career in British intelligence that spanned almost three decades after joining the service in 1991.
Categories: Politics

Starmer accuses Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak murder

BBC Politics - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 11:19
X-owner Musk has posted several times on the site criticising the police treatment of Henry Nowak.
Categories: Politics

Missing Mandelson messages from minister Darren Jones revealed

BBC Politics - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 09:46
Messages were expected to appear in the batch of Mandelson files, published earlier this week, but did not.
Categories: Politics

MP sues Musk's xAI after deepfake bikini picture

BBC Politics - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 09:00
Suffolk MP Jess Asato claims the firm's tool Grok was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.
Categories: Politics

NHS staff should be banned from wearing pro-Palestinian badges, report recommends

BBC Politics - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 00:07
The recommendation is one of several from Lord Mann, whose review examined antisemitism within the organisation.
Categories: Politics

MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 22:26
Undercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.
Categories: Politics

Victims of Jeffrey Epstein ignored by government, says former minister

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 22:06
Alex Davies-Jones also read out a statement from an Epstein survivor during a House of Commons debate.
Categories: Politics

SNP demand probe into Alexander meeting with Mandelson's firm

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 18:35
Newly-released files confirm Douglas Alexander met with Global Counsel in summer 2024 but it was not publicly declared until earlier this year.
Categories: Politics

PM accuses Farage of exploiting Nowak case and denies 'two-tier policing' claim

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:47
It comes after the Reform UK leader said the public should respond with "pure, cold rage" to the actions of police.
Categories: Politics

Badenoch accuses Starmer of giving up on welfare reform

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 13:56
No legislation on welfare reform was announced in the King's Speech.
Categories: Politics

Paralympic champion backs plans to fine airlines which fail disabled travellers

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 11:32
The Paralympic champion said an airline staff member once asked her if she had "ever tried to walk".
Categories: Politics

Police anti-racism document 'gives wrong impression', minister says

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 10:41
The Independent Office for Police Conduct's is reviewing a guidance document from the National Police Chiefs' Council.
Categories: Politics

We now know how Peter Murrell embezzled from the SNP - but not why

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 06:26
Details revealed in court show the persistence, cynicism and devious tactics used by the former chief executive.
Categories: Politics

Starmer uses disappearing messages on his phone, No 10 confirms

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/02/2026 - 18:51
A batch of messages between ministers and Lord Mandelson were published on Monday - but there were only a few from the prime minister.
Categories: Politics

Reform Makerfield candidate admits making 'crass' comments in past

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/02/2026 - 18:22
Robert Kenyon says he was not involved in politics when he made remarks unearthed during the campaign.
Categories: Politics
Syndicate content