The Independent – Starmer takes on NHS: no new cash without reforms
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “take on” any opposition to radical reforms in the NHS, saying unpopular changes are needed before it gets an extra penny.
Half of the front page is taken up with a picture of American billionaire Jared Isaacman after he completed the world’s first commercial spacewalk as part of a SpaceX mission. His words are quoted on several front pages: “The world looks perfect from here.”
An analysis of Princess Kate’s cancer video features at the top – along with a teaser banner of an article about the PM’s and Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting regarding the war in Ukraine and the possible use of western missiles in Russia.
Keir Starmer takes on ‘broken’ NHS and warns: no more money without reforms
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “take on” any opposition to radical changes in the NHS, saying difficult and unpopular changes are needed before it receives a penny more from the government.
The prime minister said the health service required “major surgery, not sticking plasters” and that fixing it could take a decade or more.
Risking anger from unions, he said he was not prepared to spend more money while the system was paying huge sums to agency workers, adding: “We have to fix the plumbing before we turn on the taps.”
Killing of UN staff in Israeli strike on Gaza school is appalling, says Lammy
The deaths of six UN workers in an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza has been described as “appalling” by David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said its employees were killed in the strike in central Gaza. The UN school, housing about 12,000 displaced people, mostly women and children, has been attacked at least five times since Israel launched an air and ground offensive in Gaza last October, Unrwa said.
“Reports of six Unrwa staff members being killed in an Israeli strike are appalling,” Mr Lammy said. “My thoughts are with their families and all those who continue to carry out lifesaving work. Aid workers must be able to do their jobs safely.”
Starmer stares down Putin as he and Biden prepare to hand Ukraine missiles
Sir Keir Starmer defiantly stared down a threat of retaliation by Vladimir Putin as he flew out to Washington DC for talks with Joe Biden on the Ukraine war.
The prime minister and the US president are believed to be on the cusp of allowing Kyiv to open up a new front in the war with Russia by using Western Storm Shadow long-range missiles.
But in a message apparently timed for when Sir Keir and his entourage were over the Atlantic on their way to the US, President Putin said such a move would mean that Russia would be “at war with Nato”.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 13 September 2024.
Friday’s leads report on the war in Ukraine as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer flies to Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden. The meeting is expected to cover whether to give Ukraine permission to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia.
A second, domestic, lead for the papers reports that junk food adverts are going to be banned from TV before 21:00 from October next year.