The PM says abolishing "the arms-length body" will reduce duplication and save money that can then be spent on frontline services.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he would scrap a body overseeing the state-funded health system in England in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds and cut waiting lists and bureaucracy.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England in a move he said would slash bureaucracy, save money and bring management of the health system “back into democratic control”. The shake-up brings the service in England back under the direct control of the health department,