Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
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Anger builds over NHS ‘pay insult’
The struggle for #nhspay15 is as important to health staff as it is to the country – we will all need free, accessible care at some point in our lives, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
DIANE ABBOTT debunks claims made politicians drumming up support for an enhanced militarisation of the British economy
The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Esmond Romilly horrified Britain’s Establishment by turning from privileged schoolboy to anti-fascist fighter, writes MAT COWARD
IT’S estimated that nurses have lost up to 20 per cent of their wages over the last decade following years of pay freezes and derisory pay “uplifts” after enhancements and benefits were removed.
The 1 per cent pay insult follows NHS staff suffering a full year of the most gruelling workplace conditions ever as they struggled to save lives during the pandemic.
Over many years, skilled and experienced nurses have had their pay held down to justify pay awards being loaded towards the lower-banded NHS staff.
What has resulted is the most dreadful pay injustice where a mostly female workforce, many educated to degree level, are slipping downwards into poverty.
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