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WES THE ELITIST...
As well as networking at a Bilderberg get-together, Wes Streeting has also been busy inviting a controversial US general over to advise him on his NHS plan.

PFI INFECTION
New NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackey wants to "introduce an off-balance sheet capital investment mechanism"– which sounds a lot like the dreaded PFI.

TARGET NEUTRALISED
The arms industry will be pleased that its work preparing the ground for defining the Palestine Action protest group as "terrorists" is paying off.

BRASS DRUBBING
A former head of the RAF joined the Boston Consulting Group as a senior adviser in April just as the consultancy was stumbling into a Gaza war scandal.

CALLED TO ORDURE
Appearing before the public administration select committee, former Acoba chair Lord Pickles spelled out to the MPs his contempt for the system.

SPREAD BETS
Lobby group the Betting and Gaming Council has put a lot of effort into cosying up to Labour, but now it appears to be engaging in an each-way bet.

PASS JUDGEMENT
Labour has reduced some ticket prices for its annual conference, after the last Eye noted the party had sharply raised the price of tickets for charity workers.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Conservative MEPs in Brussels say they have taken their first step towards the EU's own version of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

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