David Talbot

I'm delighted to have been appointed as the Advisor for the National Cancer Plan! I'll be highlighting where delivery is off track and further intervention may be needed and assessing whether the Plan is delivering improvements in quality of life and patient experience.

🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham's new Ministerial appointments Anas Sarwar - Minister of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Alison McGovern - Minister of State for Health and Social Care Sir Stephen Timms - Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Equalities) Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Women and Equalities) Sally Jameson - Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office and MHCLG Dan Tomlinson - Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office and Treasury Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office Lord Pitt-Watson - Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury Uma Kumaran - Foreign Office Under-Secretary and Assistant Whip Satvir Kaur - Home Office and MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities) Lord Collins of Highbury - Home Office and MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities) Jo White - Home Office Under-Secretary Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Under-Secretary Blair McDougall - Business and Energy Security Under-Secretary Lord Leong - Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Under-Secretary Lord Lemos - Justice Under-Secretary Alex Davies-Jones - Justice Under-Secretary Polly Billington - Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary Baroness Curran - Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary Paul Waugh - Education Under-Secretary Lilian Greenwood - Work and Pensions Under-Secretary James Frith - Health and Social Care Under-Secretary Jim McMahon - Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary Baroness Blake of Leeds - Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary Stephen Morgan - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary Justin Madders - Transport Under-Secretary Simon Lightwood - MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities) and Transport Under-Secretary Vicky Foxcroft - Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary Stephanie Peacock - Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary Ruth Mackenzie CBE - Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary Sarah Owen - Northern Ireland Office Under-Secretary Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Northern Ireland Office Under-Secretary and Lords Deputy Chief Whip Melanie Ward - Scotland Office Under-Secretary Claire Hughes - Wales Office Under-Secretary and Government Whip Gregor Poynton - Government Whip Shaun Davies - Government Whip Laurence Turner - Assistant Whip Rachel Hopkins - Assistant Whip Harpreet Uppal - Assistant Whip Michael Wheeler - Assistant Whip Liam Conlon - Assistant Whip Sarah Coombes - Assistant Whip Baroness Antrobus MBE - Government Whip Baroness Dacres of Lewisham OBE - Government Whip Baroness Hyde of Bemerton - Government Whip REAPPOINTED Torsten Bell - Treasury and Work & Pensions Parliamentary Secretary Chris Elmore - Foreign Office Under-Secretary Jake Richards - Justice Under-Secretary Calvin Bailey MBE - Defence Under-Secretary Louise Sandher-Jones - Defence Under-Secretary Martin McCluskey - Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary Josh MacAlister OBE - Education Under-Secretary Baroness Merron - Health and Social Care Under-Secretary Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE - Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary Keir Mather - Transport Under-Secretary Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary Anna McMorrin - Wales Under-Secretary Christian Wakeford - Government Whip Jade Botterill - Government Whip Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - Government Whip Lord Katz MBE - Government Whip Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath - Government Whip Chris Ward, Seema Malhotra, Natalie Fleet, Mike Tapp, Catherine Atkinson, Olivia Bailey, Preet Kaur Gill, Sharon Hodgson, Nesil Caliskan, Samantha Dixon MBE, Mary Creagh, Matthew Patrick, Baroness Levitt KC, Baroness Wheeler MBE, Deirdre Costigan, Taiwo Owatemi and Imogen Walker have all left Government