Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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Britain is seeing a crisis in child mental health and a collapse in services
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
AS THE crisis in children and young people's mental health services deepens during 70th anniversary celebrations of the NHS, Richard Branson’s Virgin health company has won £2 million in taxpayers’ cash in a legal settlement.
Virgin sued an NHS trust after losing an £82m contract bid. Virgin now runs NHS Devon’s child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS), while CAMHS staff all over Britain are collapsing under the stress of increased demand for help from disturbed young people, especially during the school and university exam season.
Virgin Care won a record £1 billion of NHS contracts last year, as £3.1bn of health services were privatised despite a government pledge to reduce the proportion of care provided by private companies.
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