Prof Prem Sikka: Tax hike is regressive and fails to address social, healthcare and pension crises
The government did not have to hit retirees and the less well-off. Billions could be raised through progressive measures.
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650,000 sign petition to make medical cannabis accessible to children with epilepsy
The End Our Pain campaign is calling on MPs to help the children ahead of Monday’s Parliamentary debate.
Tories slammed after ordering NHS trusts to describe refurbishments as ‘new hospitals’
The guidance issued to trusts goes on to define what constitutes a new hospital.
‘Exhausted, demoralised and dismayed’: NHS nurse speaks out against 3% pay rise
Dave Carr said that the issue is not only about money, but also about the survival of the NHS.
NHS: Why a 3% pay rise might be the best unions can get
Void of trade union cooperation, and with the Covid exit-wave making industrial action difficult, a 3% pay rise may well be as good as it gets, writes Alex Maguire.
Health and social care workers ‘appalled’ at exemption from self-isolation
From today, frontline NHS and social care staff in England won’t have to isolate after being pinged by the app
People’s Covid Inquiry: ‘The pandemic has uncovered a government unfit for purpose’
The inquiry has criticised the government’s delay in taking action against the spread of Covid-19 and cuts to the NHS.
Health and Care Bill means lucrative NHS contracts will be dished out ‘without competition’
“More companies could be given access to confidential patient information, with no clear protection for patient privacy.”
What is the Health and Care Bill, and how can Sajid Javid change it?
Richard Bourne explains what needs to stay and go in the upcoming Health and Care Bill, now that Hancock is out.
We’re marching at the People’s Assembly demonstration because there’s an alternative to nuclear weapons
‘It has never been more vital that we build the mass movement against nuclear weapons and for peace’.