Boris Johnson will be confident of victory in a snap Commons vote on his NHS bailout and social care shake-up, which MPs are claiming is the biggest political gamble of his premiership.
A severe shortage of oncology nurses has left more than 500,000 patients with little or no support, and in some cases threatening the chances of survival, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
People in the north of England were more likely to die from COVID-19, spent longer in lockdown, and were made poorer than the rest of the country, a new report states.