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Former health minister Dan Poulter said "chaos" in the NHS has led him to defect to Labour from the Conservative Party. The part-time GP said the Conservatives had become "a nationalist party of the right".

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says Dr Dan Poulters switch to Labour just days before the local elections is a sign of the "disaffection and disillusionment felt by millions".

SIR – The most telling aspect of the defection of Dr Dan Poulter – the former Tory minister who crossed the floor on Saturday to join the Labour Party, mere days before the country votes in local elections – is that it demonstrates that there is now no difference between the Conservative and Labour parties. His judgment that Labour may be more competent and committed to these socialist policies is undoubtedly correct, but it does not disguise the bald truth that the Tories h...

Former health minister Dan Poulter said "chaos" in the NHS has led him to defect to Labour from the Conservative Party. The part-time GP said the Conservatives had become "a nationalist party of the right".

Conservative MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour. The MP for Suffolk Central and Ipswich North, with a majority of 23,391...

Hundreds of people staged a protest over controversial plans for 50-metre-high pylons over swathes of the Norfolk and Suffolk countryside.

Five MPs want an accountancy firm investigated after clients are sent bills to repay tax rebates.

Conservative and Labour politicians in Suffolk have clashed over the impact of Rishi Sunak's spring statement changes unveiled today

Lane one has been closed between Junctions 53 and 54 of the A14 A Land Rover has crashed on the A14 causing its trailer which was full of soil to flip over on the dual carriageway near Ipswich. The crash has closed lane one eastbound between Junctions 53, Ipswich North, and 54, Ipswich West. There is approximately one mile of slow-moving traffic towards the incident at Sproughton and Washbrook. Highways England and Suffolk Police are working to clear the soil but it could take several hou...