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A Reform UK MP has criticised taxpayer-funded translators for the NHS, describing them as a “complete waste of money.”Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth, told BBC Politics Live he “did not care” that some patients may feel more comfortable speaking their native language during medical appointments.“They live in England, they should speak English,” he told Ash Sarkar, who said the cost of translators “is not where the problem is.”She added: “The problem is we’ve had 14 years of austerity.” More

Nigel Farage was heckled during Prime Minister’s Questions as he congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his US election win on Wednesday, 13 November.The Reform UK leader’s comments prompted a joke from Sir Keir Starmer, who said he was glad to see Mr Farage making a “rare appearance” in the UK after his time in the US.“I was half expecting to see him on the immigration statistics,” the prime minister continued.Mr Farage asked the prime minister to “mend fences” between the UK and the incoming Trump presidency “given that the whole of his cabinet have been so rude about him.” More

Wes Streeting appeared shocked when he was compared to Elon Musk during a live TV interview on Wednesday, 13 November.The health secretary appeared on Sky News to detail government plans to name and shame failing NHS hospitals in league tables.Managers will be sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of finances in a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance.When asked if he and the billionaire X owner share similar sentiments towards driving government efficiency, Mr Streeting laughed: “That was not the comparison I was expecting this morning.” More

Defence secretary John Healey dismissed a suggestion that Nigel Farage could assist the government in its relationship with Donald Trump.The Reform UK leader has offered to be “useful as an interlocutor” between the Labour and the president-elect as they have “a great relationship” and knows people he believes will be in Mr Trump’s administration for “quite a long time”.When asked if Mr Farage would be the “bridge that unifies the two countries,” Mr Healey replied: “The important relationship which has already been started and established is between [Sir] Keir Starmer and President-elect Trump.” More

Foreign secretary David Lammy has dismissed his past criticism of Donald Trump in his first interview since the Republican’s election victory.Mr Lammy previously described the president-elect as a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”.In his first interview since Trump’s victory, he appeared on BBC’s Newscast podcast to discuss the future of the UK’s relationship with the US.Lammy said he sees Trump as “someone that we can build a relationship with in our national interest”.The foreign secretary also praised Trump’s election campaign as “very well run”. More