Hello everyone,
It's party conference season, and for me the standout moment from Labour's event had to be health secretary Wes Streeting belting out Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me at the final night's big bash. If his promise to fix the NHS doesn't work out, he could certainly have a second career on stage.
I wrote about some of the behind-the-scenes conversations regarding health policy at the conference – you can read more on that in my piece below.
There were two main health announcements: the launch of an "online hospital" and a pledge of fair pay for social care staff. On the latter, the Health Foundation think tank was clear that the £500 million promised would not be enough to make a meaningful difference to salaries in the sector.
Streeting also suggested that an expanded rollout of weight-loss jabs could be on the horizon.
Addressing inequality was another major theme of the conference, and with that in mind I want to leave you with a piece from my colleague and Independent columnist James Moore, who examines the state's ongoing failures in supporting people with autism.
He writes: "The story of how the autistic teenager Tamzin Hall came to die in November last year still shocks me."
Autistic people with high support needs are being failed by multiple agencies across the UK, Moore argues – a fight he knows all too well, having battled for his own child's care for several years.
See you next week...
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