Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed a huge overhaul of healthcare in the United Kingdom after announcing that NHS England is set to be abolished in the near future. The PM made the revolutionary move this morning (13 March) in an announcement live on television with an audience surrounding him in Hull.

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to bring NHS England back into the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS England, dubbed the "world's largest quango", will be abolished to "cut bureaucracy" and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control", Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an "arms-length" body,

NHS England, which has been called the “world’s largest quango” by the Government, is to be abolished, the Prime Minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an “arm’s-length” body,

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

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England, the administrative body overseeing the National Health Service, in a bid to cut red tape and bring management “back into democratic control.