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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, October 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Black women twice as likely to have a stillbirth than white women, new report finds
“This report paints a stark and deeply worrying picture of the impact of deprivation and inequality."
50,000 sign petition urging government to fund maternity services as ‘midwife exodus’ looms
"Morale among staff is low and has been worsened by the recent pay award in England."
Our cash-starved NHS is being forced to turn to the private sector for investment and capacity
'For the first time ever, more that 50% of an important NHS funded service – hip and knee replacements – are being paid for privately rather than delivered by the NHS.'
5 problems with the government’s social care reforms
'The funding pot being talked about for social care is not sufficient to even address the issues of today.'
Right-wingers turn on Boris Johnson for ‘shameful betrayal over tax rises’
One thinks it 'guarantees the total victory of socialism in Britain’.