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The NHS Modernisation Bill is currently at the report stage and due for a third reading on 7 September. Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan said this was “a catastrophic step backwards” and described it as the “greatest backward step in patient safety in a generation”. “Andy Burnham must urgently put an end to this, and fix the Health Bill so that modernising the NHS doesn’t come at the expense of accountability, transparency or patient safety,” Morgan added.In a speech on NHS reform in January, then-Health Secretary Wes Streeting said “there are many decent people working at Healthwatch who care,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A senior Derbyshire detective is being investigated over potential AI-related gross misconduct and a member of staff at Gloucestershire police has been dismissed over unauthorised use of ChatGPT in the latest cases highlighting the challenges facing police forces from the new technology.The Independent Office for Police Conduct told the FT that it had begun investigating an officer after they were referred to the watchdog by Derbyshire Constabulary following an “internal review” of their use of AI.A person familiar with events said the…

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) leaves a House Republican Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, 2024, in Washington, D.C.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesRepublican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio will remain in his reelection race, after a key deadline passed for the GOP to replace him as its nominee, despite mounting calls from fellow Republicans for him to drop his reelection bid.Under Ohio law, Republicans have until Monday at 4 p.m. to name a replacement nominee. But the local Republican officials responsible for choosing one must receive at least two days’ notice before meeting, meaning Miller would have needed to…

US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday she has not “ruled out” a run for president in 2028 as the Democratic Party’s left flank surges in midterm primaries across the country. “I haven’t ruled out the possibility, and I’m very humbled [by] the tremendous amount of support out there,” Ocasio-Cortez said when asked about a potential run on ABC’s “This Week.” “I think that we have a responsibility to remain…

Richard Tice has said he and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage are suing the National Crime Agency (NCA) over the alleged leaking of confidential financial information.The Boston and Skegness MP and Reform deputy leader told Talk TV they believed the NCA had committed “multiple criminal offences” and said they would be seeking an apology and damages.He accused them of leaking “individual bank statements, bank transfers, details of conversations with bank managers from different banks”.Last month Tice wrote to the agency to ask if they would investigate whether they were responsible for the leaking of private financial information to the media.It…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Abel puts a big chunk of Berkshire’s cash to workIn his second quarter as the new CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel did some serious spending.As a result, the company’s still huge cash reserves declined significantly for the first time since early 2022.Saturday morning’s financial report for the three months ending June 30 shows Berkshire had $365.5 billion on hand, a reduction of 8.0% from its record high $397.4 billion as…

Sturgeon also told Dale that she only discovered Murrell was due to plead guilty a week before his first public court appearance. It later emerged he had been negotiating his plea for months, a fact which she said “hit me like a tonne of bricks”.Sturgeon said: “He was still lying to me right up until the day he pled guilty.”The former first minister added: “He was very isolated over that period, he very rarely left the house, he wasn’t communicative, I was a bit worried about his well-being and his mental health.”And then, now I think: ‘What a mug, why…

Investors are closely monitoring earnings releases of artificial intelligence companies amid concerns about the durability of high spending and demand. While quarterly results provide key insights into a company’s performance and execution, it is prudent to focus on long-term prospects and look beyond short-term fluctuations.Top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick stocks with attractive long-term prospects as their assessments are backed by in-depth research of a company’s fundamentals and growth opportunities. Here are three stocks favored by some of Wall Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.Palantir TechnologiesAI-powered data analytics provider Palantir…

And this was half-bad, half-good news for early humans living in Africa. Mild disaster “Sulfate aerosols in the stratosphere are more effectively transported to the hemisphere that is experiencing winter,” Park says. For our ancestors, this meant the Toba’s sulfate veil drifted northwards and thinned over their heads slightly sooner than it would if the eruption happened in the northern summer. On the other hand, the Northern Hemisphere has far more land, which cools down faster and further than the ocean, so a northern-winter eruption must have cooled the globe a bit more than the same eruption in July. But…

The prime minister is set to announce “a series of measures to make life easier” for those struggling with the cost of living in the coming days, Downing Street says.No 10 says Andy Burnham’s plans are to “give people some room to breathe”. He will also focus on ways of “improving high streets” as he embarks on a tour of the UK.But the government is facing continued pressure over its early release scheme for prisoners in England and Wales – with criticism of the fact that two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers will be eligible from next year.Burnham is also…