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Four MPs raise conflict of interest concerns over Samantha Jones’s past links to a big provider of ADHD assessmentsA senior civil servant should play no part in ministers’ crackdown on private ADHD and autism clinics because of her recent ties to the i…

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September 21, 2026 Patrick Butler and Will Parman

Young people’s Pip claims for ADHD and autism ‘rising fastest in affluent areas’

Experts say trend across England probably reflects swifter access to diagnoses as wealthier families go privateSome of the most affluent areas of England have had the sharpest rises in the proportion of young people claiming disability benefits for ADH…

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September 7, 2026 Lauren Almeida

UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund

Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHSBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s biggest private hospital operator has agreed to a £1bn takeover by a hedge fund manager known a…

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August 15, 2026 Zoe Wood

‘A tax on being thin’: only high earners make overall savings on food bills from weight-loss drugs

Users need discretionary income of nearly £100,000 a year to make savings on their grocery spend after paying £1,200 for GLP-1s, analysis findsThe high cost of weight-loss medication is a “regressive tax on being thin” because the outlay outweighs any …