Ministers have announced that thirteen new community diagnostics centres (CDCs) will be opened across England to carry out an additional 742,000 scans, checks and tests per year, with eight of the new facilities to be operated by the private sector while remaining free for patients (see post at 6.47). Labour's shadow employment minister Alison McGovern has welcomed the government's announcement that it plans to expand the use of private providers in healthcare to bring down the vast NHS waiting lists, saying: "I wish the government had acted sooner." It comes after five Greenpeace activists were arrested after climbing onto the roof of the Sunak family manor house in North Yorkshire with a sign that read "no new oil", and were released pending further inquiries earlier today (see post at 7.09). Prime ministerial holiday photo shoots are a long tradition, with recent examples including David Cameron being pictured at a Portuguese fish market, and Theresa May hiking in Switzerland. In his absence, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is taking over responsibilities, with Mr Sunak receiving daily updates from his private office. Wearing casual clothing, Mr Sunak said California is a meaningful place for the family as it is where he met his wife, and where he spent time whilst studying at Stanford University. The family will also head to Disneyland during their first "proper" family summer holiday in a few years, according to Mr Sunak. The prime minister, his wife Akshata Murty, and two young daughters Krishna and Anoushka beamed while on the busy Santa Monica Pier where they played funfair games.
Rishi Sunak has been pictured on his summer holiday as his family enjoys a "really special" trip to California.
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