Thousands to Lose Jobs as Starmer Scraps NHS England to Cut 'Bureaucracy'

The prime minister’s diagnosis of the state apparatus he perches on the top of was far from flattering. Just eight months in Downing Street and he sees, too often he feels, a flabby, unfocused, overcautious bureaucracy; “too much stodge and regulation” as he put it. Ministerial levers yanked today, nothing or not much happening tomorrow – or ever. In culling the biggest arms length body of the lot, NHS England; a statement of intent – for a leaner, more responsive and crucially more accountable State. If it’s an analysis that feels discombobulating coming from him, yes former Tory PM Liz...