The Taliban forbids girls in Afghanistan from going to school past the age of 12.  At the same time, they send their own daughters to school abroad.  As with all fundamentalists, their rules only apply to others.  telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Our first ParalympicsGB gold and it’s a World Record. Congratulations Poppy, what a fantastic achievement.

No, I do not think the post-war confessional of Martin Niemöller about the silent complicity of the German intelligentsia and clergy in the Nazi rise to power is pertinent to a Smoking Bill that was in your manifesto and ours to tackle one of the biggest killers. Get a grip.

Esther McVey’s use of Niemöller’s words was deeply offensive and misguided, and well below the standards we should expect from an MP and former Cabinet minister. Rishi Sunak and those hoping to lead the Tory Party should condemn her actions. My letter👇

This Labour government will introduce a comprehensive TB eradication package to end the badger cull and protect farmers livelihoods. news.sky.com/story/governme…

The best is yet to come. Welcome to north London, Raheem Sterling ✨

A really lovely, warm, and dedicated public servant. Very sorry to hear this news. Love and condolences to Nicky’s family and very many friends.

This is the two-tier healthcare system left to us by the Tories. We cannot have a country where the NHS is reduced to a poor service for poor people, while everyone else goes private. They broke the NHS. It’ll take time, but Labour will fix it so that it’s there for everyone.

Clear message from voters to the Conservative Party. Will any of the leadership candidates take responsibility and apologise for breaking the NHS? x.com/tomtugendhat/s…

This is a very powerful story about the importance of the new RSV vaccination, which the NHS is rolling out. The NHS is personal to all of us. Thanks Andrew Gwynne MP for sharing Lyle’s story.

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘! 🔵🟡 Our first home game of the season - COYW! 🪵💪 🆚 Takeley 📆 Wednesday 4th September ⏰ Kick off - 19:45 BST 🏟️ Ashton’s Stadium 🏆 Essex Senior League MD5 🎟️ Adult: £5 | Conc and u16: FREE #WoodfordTown #COYW // #ESL

Absolutely fantastic evening with Peter Kyle and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology team at their reception at the Crick tonight. Great opportunity to catch up with lots of friends from the life sciences and med tech sectors who are going to help us drive our missions on health and growth

Good to see Peter Kyle and Wes Streeting MP last night at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology reception to talk progress in dementia research and how we ensure the breakthroughs in science get to patients #foracure

Brilliant day at the #ftweekendfestival. A triumph for the FT team. Brilliant range of speakers and thought-provoking discussion, particular the unique public appearance of the heads of MI6 and the CIA. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen.

“[It is] unforgivable, the state of our NHS” In his first major interview in Number 10 Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the Conservatives “broke" the NHS ahead of a government review of the service bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The NHS is broken, and it was the Conservatives who broke it. Only Labour can reform the NHS. We’re working night and day to turn it around, so it can be there for us when we need it, once again.

Couldn’t agree more with Matthew Taylor NHS Confederation. Unless we reform the NHS through three big shifts: - from hospital to community - from analogue to digital - from sickness to prevention we won’t turn around the Conservatives’ NHS crisis. From the The Observer 👇🏻

What did Victoria Atkins do?

"You would not forgive us if we ducked the tough political choice to keep you happy but then you were stung with a bill down the line paying the price for our failure." Health Secretary @WesStreeting has a message for 'angry' pensioners impacted by the winter fuel cuts.

This is a huge achievement ParalympicsGB! Enormous congratulations to the whole team for shining in Paris!