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    King’s former school bans phones in class and limits use overnight

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Students at the King’s former school will no longer be able to have mobile phones in the classroom and will be required to hand them over to staff overnight. Gordonstoun School, near Elgin […] More

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    Health Secretary backs Martha’s Rule giving right to second medical opinion

    Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email The government has committed to introducing Martha’s rule in hospitals, to give families and patients the right to a second assessment if they feel their concerns are dismissed by NHS staff. Health […] More

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    Sunak under pressure over HS2 as he refuses to rule out scrapping northern stage

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Downing Street has refused to guarantee HS2 will run to Manchester as planned amid revelations Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s northern phase. It comes after The […] More

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    ‘Levelling up, my a***’: Andy Burnham blasts government for eyeing cuts to HS2 northern phase

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Northern leaders have reacted with fury after revelations that Rishi Sunak is considering making further cuts to HS2 north of Birmingham. Greater Manchester Andy Burnham accused ministers of “making the north pay for […] More

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    Steve Barclay says government invested ‘significantly on RAAC’ amid claims Sunak blocked hospital rebuilding

    The government has invested “significantly” on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), Steve Barclay has said amid claims that Rishi Sunak blocked plans to rebuild hospitals affected by crumbling concrete in 2020.A report by The Guardian said that only two of seven hospital rebuilding projects were approved by the Treasury at the time when the now-health secretary was Mr Sunak’s chief secretary.“We’ve been following the institute for structural engineers’ advice which is that not all Raac has to be replaced,” Mr Barclay said.“This government has the biggest ever in the history of the NHS investment in the NHS estate,” he added. More

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    Tories warned by MI5 that MP candidates could be Chinese spies as ex-security chief says row is ‘wake-up call’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives are understood to have dropped two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned that they could be Chinese spies. It comes as a former National Security Adviser told The Independent […] More