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Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of ‘The Spectator’ magazine. She writes a monthly column on health policy for i

Article thumbnail: Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting travelling to York for their visit to a medical school to meet trainee paramedics. Picture date: Tuesday April 18, 2023. PA Photo. Patients have been left waiting more than two days for an ambulance in England, new analysis suggests. Data collected by Labour from Freedom of Information requests shows patients across the country enduring long waits for ambulances to arrive or stuck outside hospitals waiting to be admitted to A&E. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Isabel Hardman

‘Why is Wes always promoting his book?’: Tensions on Labour’s front bench are reaching new high

Labour is descending into a bout of angry pecking

Isabel Hardman

It took him a decade but Jeremy Hunt might just have revived the NHS

Isabel Hardman

Voters won’t forgive the Tories for abandoning struggling homeowners this time

Article thumbnail: Tory MPs who don’t like Boris Johnson will nevertheless still have a suspicion of the Prime Minister and his team. (Photo by Niall Carson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Isabel Hardman

Welcome to zombie Britain, where MPs are swapping PMQs for PT sessions

Isabel Hardman

Labour has a similar NHS plan to the Tories – just look at their embrace of the private sector

Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 09: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay departs from number 10, following the weekely Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on May 09, 2023 in London, England. The Conservative Party lost over 1000 seats in the local council elections that took place last week. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 09: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay departs from number 10, following the weekely Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on May 09, 2023 in London, England. The Conservative Party lost over 1000 seats in the local council elections that took place last week. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: PABest Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. PA Photo. The former prime minister is expected to be questioned for around four hours by the Commons Privileges Committee over his denials of No 10 parties during the pandemic in violation of lockdown rules. See PA story POLITICS Johnson. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: PABest Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. PA Photo. The former prime minister is expected to be questioned for around four hours by the Commons Privileges Committee over his denials of No 10 parties during the pandemic in violation of lockdown rules. See PA story POLITICS Johnson. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: The British Dental Association says patients are choosing to have teeth removed because it is cheaper than trying to save them. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: The British Dental Association says patients are choosing to have teeth removed because it is cheaper than trying to save them. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: The BMA has regularly overplayed its hand to the extent that ministers don’t respect the union, regardless of how they feel about medics (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Article thumbnail: The BMA has regularly overplayed its hand to the extent that ministers don’t respect the union, regardless of how they feel about medics (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)