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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

A roundup of news on the left…

Ambulance workers on the picket line in Warrington

The biggest ambulance strike so far as thousands of workers walk out over pay and conditions

Hannah Davenport
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

25,000 ambulance workers represented by the unions GMB and UNISON will go on strike over a 24-hour period in response to low pay and indecent working conditions.

Onay Kasab

MUST WATCH: Unite blasts Tory hypocrisy after government demand further ‘productivity savings’ during pay talks

Basit Mahmood
10 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

“That is absolutely ludicrous. This isn’t a factory we’re talking about, we’re talking about people who are working well beyond their contracted hours anyway”

NHS workers strike

Union says anti-strike legislation ‘scapegoats NHS workers’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

‘A government that has presided over 13 years of failure in our public services is now seeking to scapegoat the NHS staff and ambulance workers who do so much to care for the people of our country.’

‘Knives Out’: Will Boris be back in 2023?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

As a dire electoral future beckons the Tories, desperate times call for desperate measures, lighting the touchpaper for a possible return of Boris Johnson.

London Ambulance

A damning chart which shows just why the NHS is in crisis

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

A number of trusts have announced critical incidents in recent days

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A full list of upcoming strike dates

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2022

We take a look at the upcoming list of strike dates.

NHS strike

More people blame the Government than unions for wave of strikes, poll shows

Basit Mahmood
22 December, 2022

The poll, carried out by Opinium on behalf of the Compassion in Politics think tank and reported in the Mirror, found that 41% of those surveyed believe the Tories are responsible, 35% say unions

Brexit

Brexit ‘fantasies’ have made ‘severe challenges’ in NHS worse and could widen health inequalities, report finds

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

‘The effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces.’

NHS strike

100,000 nurses take part in the largest strike today in NHS history

Basit Mahmood
15 December, 2022

Nurses have seen their pay fall by £5,000 in real terms since 2010 according to the TUC.

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