The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to free up more money for frontline services and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control''. In a speech he said: "We're going to cut bureaucracy across the state. Focus government on the priorities of working people, shift money to the front line."

Keir Starmer has just scrapped NHS England – but what does that mean and how will it impact you? Here’s what you need to know. NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government.