U.K. Health Secretary

Drugs Panel Row: PM Backs Sacking

Miranda Richardson, Sky News Online The Prime Minister has backed Alan Johnson's decision to sack the Government's chief drug adviser as speculation grows that other members of the country's drugs advisory panel will resign. To...

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Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson to promise new crackdown on antisocial behaviour

Prime minister and home secretary will use keynote speeches at Labour party conference to revive tough policy agenda Alan Johnson today said he would "use the Fiona Pilkington case" to force the police to do more to tackle...

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'I'm not willing to rule myself out …'

There is much talk of his succession as Labour leader, but has Alan Johnson got what it takes? When Tony Blair was still prime minister, and his son Leo was a toddler, Alan Johnson found himself sharing an off-duty domestic...

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Lord Mandelson to back Ed Miliband as future Labour leader

Lord Mandelson is likely to give his key backing to rising star Ed Miliband as Labour's future leader, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor Ed Miliband, the climate change secretary Photo:...

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New health taskforce to spot signs of violence against women

A new taskforce of health professionals working together to spot early signs of violence and abuse against women and girls, investigate the scale of the problem and ensure victims across the NHS get the support they need, was...

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MINISTERS CALLED IN TO DRAW UP LIST OF CUTS

Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown have started calling in ministers and ordering them to find billions in cuts to control the debt. Health Secretary Andy Burnham and Home Secretary Alan Johnson were the first summoned to...

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Crude, but fair. The public sector must take the pain

Mandelson talking about cuts sounds like Marie Antoinette discussing cake. Forget semantics: spending must be slashed Which cut would you like, sir, a delicate filet or a large rump, a bleeding sirloin or a stringy joint? Would...

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Gaddafi's doctors are to be trained by the NHS

Libyan doctors are to be trained by the NHS following an agreement signed by a Cabinet minister with Colonel Gaddafi's regime weeks before the release of the Lockerbie bomber, it emerged today. The agreement is the latest in a...

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Gaddafi doctors to be trained by NHS as row over Britain's relations with Libya intensifies

Libyan doctors are to be trained by the NHS following an agreement signed by a Cabinet minister with Colonel Gaddafi's regime weeks before the release of the Lockerbie bomber, it emerged today. The agreement is the latest in a...

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Hillsborough documents to be released

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has agreed to release previously unseen documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Mr Johnson told the mothers of three of the 96 victims of his decision at a face-to-face meeting in...

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