Starmer will hand the NHS £30bn at expense of other public services

Sir Keir Starmer will pump money into the NHS at the expense of other public services.

The government is putting all its eggs in one basket as it lines up the Department for Health for a £30billion cash boost at next week's spending review.

However, health chiefs have warned the prime minister's promise to 'turbocharge delivery' could lead to difficult compromises elsewhere in services from the police to councils.

It comes after the party's unexpected victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse by-election - though as the threat of Nigel Farage's Reform UK still looms large.

The Department for Health will be handed an increase of around £200billion to its budget by 2028 - a £17billion rise in real terms.