Where is the £350 million a week for the NHS the Brexit bus promised?
The Tories claim they are giving more money to the NHS, but are they really?
NHS
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, January 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Health unions call for game-changing pay rise to halt NHS staff exodus
The 14 unions – representing 1.2 million health staff in England – are calling on ministers to act urgently with a significant wage boost.
Omicron is not a mild virus
‘What facts have been employed have been cherry picked to tell a hopeful story’
Voters think the government is doing a bad job on almost every major issue facing the country
On the NHS, 70 percent say the government is doing a bad job, while on crime 59 percent say the government is performing badly.
Burnt-out nurses working for free to keep NHS running – survey finds
Almost two years into the pandemic, and exhausted and overwhelmed nurses are working long hours, often without pay, in order to keep the NHS afloat, a new study has revealed.
My 5 favourite LFF articles of 2021
Chris Jarvis gives his highlights of Left Foot Forward’s outputs in 2021
There’s a progressive way to live with Covid that includes protecting the most vulnerable
‘A public debate framed around ongoing restrictions versus an unacceptable right-wing conception of ‘living with the virus’ is therefore profoundly unhelpful.’
Government ministers reported to police over their mishandling of the pandemic
The Met Police told LFF they had no comment to make.