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Budget dishes created by celebrity cook include peanut butter pasta and feta, black bean and clementine couscous A peanut butter, dried thyme and garlic pasta dish is Nigella Lawson’s answer to money-saving as part of a suite of £1.25-a-portion recipes she has created under a partnership with online grocer Ocado. The celebrity cook has been signed up as the upmarket delivery firm’s answer to the cut-price food blogger Jack Monroe in her first sponsorship deal with a retailer. Continue reading… ​Budget dishes created by celebrity cook include peanut butter pasta and feta, black bean and clementine couscousA peanut butter, dried…

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Exclusive: Harry Rich says transparency would be easier if lobbyists reveal which ministers they speak to The head of the UK’s lobbying watchdog has called for tougher disclosure rules to show which ministers have been solicited, as well as a review of exemptions made use of by David Cameron and Philip Hammond. Harry Rich, who is in charge of the register of consultant lobbyists and their clients, said it would “significantly assist transparency” if lobbyists were asked to reveal which ministers and permanent secretaries they had spoken to – as well as when, how and what about. Continue reading… ​Exclusive:…

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Charity criticises delays after rise in trusts missing two-week target in suspected cancer cases People with suspected cancer in England are facing a higher risk of “worrying” outcomes owing to unacceptable delays in being referred to hospital, experts have said, as figures show seven in 10 NHS trusts are failing to hit a key target. The number of NHS trusts missing the national target for urgent cancer referrals is the highest it has been for at least three years, according to analysis of NHS data. Continue reading… ​Charity criticises delays after rise in trusts missing two-week target in suspected cancer…

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