There’s a good reason why we shouldn’t fund the NHS through National Insurance
The road to health is paved with good intentions…
Public Services
Natalie Bennett: Our bus services are being left to wither under our London-centric government
We all suffer when public services are run for private profit not public good.
Are Tory cuts to the police and border force fuelling a modern slavery crisis in the UK?
The number of children thought to be victims has risen by 66 per cent in just two years.
Revealed: How cuts at the Open University are being kept from view
We speak to activists challenging the changes on the ground.
Over 60% of public are now against austerity, poll shows – and the chancellor may be listening
Even Tory voters think the government’s gone too far – with 48 per cent saying the cuts have been too deep.
Let’s admit it: the NHS crisis isn’t just about funding
While it might help, we aren’t going to solve all our health service’s problems just by pumping more money in.
This Tory privatisation in the prison service is putting workers, the public and ex-offenders at risk
Staff from new private providers will not be vetted before starting work in probation hostels – the Tories are gambling with public safety.
May blames “nimby councils” for housing crisis, ignoring 30 years of Tory attacks on social housing
The PM thinks she can get away with blaming local authorities for the lack of house building in the UK, totally ignoring the facts.
The scale of Brexit’s impact on the NHS is becoming clear
New figures show the effect Brexit is having on NHS recruitment with worse yet to come unless the government take real action.
The Tories’ childcare policies are in total disarray
In some parts of the UK, childcare now costs nearly £10,000 a year – with lower-income families among the hardest hit.