Chris Philp denies Tories are deprioritising the NHS, after Dan Poulter says “patients deserve better”.
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Minister to be quizzed by Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour
Conservative MP Poulter tells the programme he felt he had to quit the Tories because of the strain on the NHS.
‘Buying a first home is harder when you’re single’
A report says two high incomes are increasingly needed to afford a mortgage, leaving millions stuck.
Irish government wants to return asylum seekers to UK
Taoiseach asks justice minister to bring forward legislation so asylum seekers can be returned to the UK.
British man injured in Tobago shark attack
Peter Smith, 64, was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says.
Yousaf rules out pact with Salmond’s Alba party
Alex Salmond is said to want a deal to maximise pro-independence MPs and MSPs in return for support in a no confidence vote.
Titanic gold pocket watch sells for £900k
The original owner of the watch, businessman John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912.
Police operation sees 24 ‘sexual predators’ jailed
The abuse suffered by eight girls in West Yorkshire has been described as “abhorrent in the extreme”.
Brewing giant Heineken fells orchard to sell land
The UK’s largest cider maker blames a drop in demand on its decision to uproot thousands of trees.
Conservative MP Daniel Poulter defects to Labour
The doctor told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative.
