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'A thousand fires have been lit across the country – this is a grassroots revolt'
As ambulance workers join nurses in the biggest NHS strike in history, GMB leader GARY SMITH talks to Ben Chacko about what’s behind the current wave of industrial militancy
GMB leader Gary Smith
Welsh wanderings showcase fiery destruction, alternative water ways and revive memories of a local mining legend, writes MARK SEDDON
As thousands die in the eastern DRC, a global health emergency is being starved of funds, says S KRISHNASWAMY
MAT COWARD explains how in the 17th century a row over whether to kneel at communion became a battle over religion, class and royal power
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
TODAY sees the biggest NHS strike in history as striking nurses are joined by paramedics, ambulance workers and call handlers organised in the Unite and GMB unions.
Ambulances queued up outside hospitals unable to hand over emergency patients have left the country in no doubt about the scale of the NHS crisis.
Last week Rishi Sunak was forced to announce £1 billion in funding for thousands of extra beds and hundreds more ambulances.
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