In a speech on changes to the civil service, Keir Starmer announced NHS England will be abolished to ‘cut bureaucracy’ and bring management of the health service ‘back into democratic control’.
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The prime minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an ‘arms-length’ body, as he promised sweeping changes that the government says will deliver better care for patients. He also said AI provided an opportunity to make £45bn in efficiency savings across government departments
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