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Hospital waiting database figures emergence for 2nd period successful row, NHS England figures reveal

Hospital waiting database figures successful England person risen for nan 2nd period successful a row, nan latest figures reveal.

PA Media says an estimated 7.40 cardinal treatments were waiting to beryllium carried retired astatine nan extremity of July, relating to 6.25 cardinal patients, up from 7.37 cardinal treatments and 6.23 cardinal patients astatine nan extremity of June.

The database deed a grounds precocious successful September 2023, pinch 7.77 cardinal treatments and 6.50 cardinal patients.

In its ain news release connected nan figures, NHS England has alternatively focused connected nan figures showing that “NHS unit delivered a grounds number of crab checks and treatments successful July, contempt 5 days of business action”.

Wes Streeting, nan wellness secretary, said:

One twelvemonth ago, I made a committedness that we would present 2 cardinal other appointments successful our first twelvemonth – not only did we do this successful conscionable 5 months, but we person obliterated that target, carrying retired complete 5 million.

Mandelson reportedly being asked by Foreign Office to explain specifications of his narration pinch Epstein

In his Sky News question and reply Mike Tapp, nan Home Office minister, said that, arsenic acold arsenic he was aware, each nan specifications of Peter Mandelson’s narration pinch Jeffrey Epstein were known to nan government.

But, according to Sam Coates from Sky News, that is not nan case. He says that Ollie Robbins, imperishable caput astatine nan Foreign Office, has written to Mandelson asking him various questions astir his dealings pinch nan disgraced billionaire paedophile. Coates says Robbins is asking questions like: “When did you past meet Jeffrey Epstein earlier he took his ain life? When did you past judge hospitality? What were your past business dealings with?”

Home Office curate Mike Tapp says he recovered Mandelson's emails to Epstein 'disturbing and sickening'

Mike Tapp, who only joined nan authorities astatine nan play arsenic migration minister, was doing nan question and reply information connected behalf of No 10 this morning. He was location to beforehand an announcement from nan Home Office astir employers abusing nan activity visa system, but inevitably he spent astir of his clip talking astir Peter Mandelson.

Tapp was effective astatine expressing his scary astatine nan messages that person been published from Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein. He told LBC that nan emails were “really disturbing and sickening” and connected BBC Breakdfast he said they made him “shudder”.

But inferior ministers doing nan question and reply information ever struggle erstwhile they are asked to remark connected decisions being made successful nan PM’s agency and Tapp much aliases little admitted that he did not cognize really things were going to unfold.

In his Times Radio interview, asked if Mandelson would still beryllium ambassador to nan US erstwhile Donald Trump makes his authorities sojourn to nan UK adjacent week, Tapp replied: “As acold arsenic I know.”

And asked if Keir Starmer would proceed to clasp assurance successful Mandelson for nan remainder of nan day, Tapp said: “I can’t say. I’m not nan premier minister.”

Foreign Office curate to reply Commons urgent mobility connected Mandelson's assignment arsenic ambassador to US

There will beryllium an urgent mobility successful nan Commons astatine 10.30am connected Peter Mandelson. The Speaker has granted a mobility tabled by nan Conservative Neil O’Brien asking a Foreign Office curate to make a connection “on nan process for nan assignment of nan United Kingdom’s ambassador to nan United States”.

Emily Thornberry drops retired of Labour's lawman activity title aft coming past successful latest information count

Emily Thornberry has announced that she is withdrawing from nan title to beryllium Labour’s adjacent lawman leader. In a station connected societal media, she said:

I’m profoundly grateful to each nan Labour members who person shared their support.

But I person decided to withdraw.

It has been a privilege to return portion successful this title pinch specified superb women.

I will ever beryllium committed to this statement and do everything I tin to make it successful.

Six MPs declared connected Tuesday location were opinionated successful nan contest, but Alison McGovern dropped retired yesterday and past night, erstwhile Labour published nan latest information figures, it became evidently that only 2 candidates are apt to make nan ballot.

To qualify, MPs request nominations from astatine slightest 80 MPs. Bridget Phillipson has passed that threshold, and Lucy Powell seems definite to scope it by 5pm this afternoon, erstwhile nominations close.

Here are nan information figures released past night. Thornberry had nan slightest support.

Bridget Phillipson: 116

Lucy Powell: 77

Bell Ribeiro-Addy: 15

Paula Barker: 14

Emily Thornberry: 13

Now that Thornberry had dropped out, nan 13 MPs who nominated her are free to nominate personification else.

Starmer nether caller unit to sack Mandelson arsenic Andy McDonald claims PLP ‘100%’ against letting him stay

Good morning. Keir Starmer knew that Peter Mandelson had had a agelong and adjacent relationship pinch Jeffrey Epstein erstwhile he appointed him ambassador to Washingon. He besides knew that Mandelson has been a ungraded magnet for astir of his career. But he was not appointing him archbishop of Canterbury. He calculated that Mandelson would beryllium nan correct personification to forge a bully narration pinch nan obscene plutocrat narcissist now moving America (also an aged friend of Epstein’s), and by each accounts Mandelson has done this very successfully.

But, arsenic Rowena Mason reports successful her overnight story, Starmer is now nether unit to ditch nan ambassador because caller revelations astir his narration pinch Epstein person made it progressively difficult to take sides – not slightest because Mandelson continued to support him successful backstage moreover aft he was facing charges for kid activity offences.

Yesterday nan leftwingers Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Kim Johnson were astir nan only Labour MPs calling for Mandelson to beryllium sacked. But this morning, successful an question and reply pinch nan Today programme, Andy McDonald, a protector furniture curate nether Jeremy Corbyn and nether Starmer until 2021, besides said out, saying Mandelson should spell immediately.

McDonald told nan programme:

[Mandelson] should spell immediately. His position is wholly and utterly untenable and him staying connected successful station is causing nan authorities and nan Labour statement further damage. I’m acrophobic if he doesn’t do nan correct point and resign coming past nan premier curate should sack him …

Angela Rayner did nan correct thing. She was nether unit for an inadvertent nonaccomplishment to salary tax. This is of a wholly different scale. This speaks astir morality and judgement, and Peter Mandelson’s position conscionable is wholly untenable, and he needs to enactment and return work for his failures and retreat from nan governmental segment immediately.

More significantly, McDonald besides claimed this was nan backstage position of astir aliases each Labour MPs. Asked really galore different Labour MPs agreed pinch what he was saying astir Mandelson, McDonald replied:

It’s 100%. People person sewage their heads successful their hands complete this and I haven’t spoken to anybody who is offering immoderate glimmer of support for Peter Mandelson. It is wide revulsion that we, by association, being successful nan aforesaid party, are being brought nether nan microscope for thing that he has done.

He’s sewage to return work for his actions and bring this to a close.

There isn’t anybody successful nan Labour statement who is supporting Peter Mandelson coming and nan premier minister’s sewage to perceive that and understand that he’ll weaken his position if he continues to support him. He cannot take sides nan indefensible.

When it was put to him that it was worthy keeping Mandelson successful station because he was helping nan UK to get favourable decisions retired of nan White House, McDonald replied:

There’s sewage to beryllium a civilized compass. There are women who person been truthful fundamentally damaged by nan behaviour of Epstein and his associates, and, successful honour of them, we’ve sewage to put down a marker and opportunity this is wholly and utterly unacceptable.

And nan consequences that travel from personification having to autumn connected their beard will beryllium nan consequences, and we will woody pinch it.

It will not derail nan narration betwixt nan United States and nan UK. That will prolong measurement beyond this existent premier curate and this existent president.

In portion this is conscionable Labour factionalism; it’s nan latest skirmish successful a conflict betwixt Mandelson and nan near that has been going connected since nan 1980s. Mandelson erstwhile famously said he wanted to consign nan Corbynite near to a “sealed tomb”, and nan MPs who person been speaking retired against him, for illustration McDonald, are leftwingers who are returning nan favour. But it is not conscionable that. Opposition parties are demanding Mandelson’s resignation too, and nan rightwing papers are gunning for him arsenic well.

There will beryllium rather a batch much of this arsenic nan time goes on.

Here is nan schedule for nan day.

9.30am: NHS England publishes its latest monthly capacity figures.

9.45am: Wes Streeting, nan wellness secretary, speaks astatine a Policy Live arena successful London.

10.3am: Alan Campbell, nan caller leader of nan Commons, takes business questions successful nan chamber.

11.30am: Downing Street holds a lobby briefing.

Noon: John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister, takes questions astatine Holyrood.

2.30pm: John Healey, nan defence secretary, speaks astatine nan DSEI convention successful London.

Afternoon: David Lammy, nan caller lawman PM and justness secretary, visits a situation successful southbound London.

5pm: Nominations adjacent for nan Labour statement lawman leadership. As Jessica Elgot reports, Bridget Phillipson is decidedly a candidate, and it is apt only 1 different MP will beryllium nominated – Lucy Powell.

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