We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Health privatisation failed, why does it keep coming back?
HELEN O'CONNOR reviews the very recent disasters from attempts to use private companies and private finance instead of a publicly funded NHS — now this discredited approach is back to 'drive down waiting lists'
Wes Streeting healthprivatisation
In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony, reports MARC VANDEPITTE
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
THERE can be no doubt that the pandemic is putting unprecedented strain on the NHS — but decades of cuts and privatisation have also contributed to the current chaos.
Far from ensuring that the NHS retains experienced staff or allocating adequate funding to provide care, this government is still demanding that NHS trusts stick to rigorous financial targets and false performance indicators in order to avoid having further funding removed.
As NHS trusts struggle to balance the books, public money is being funnelled to the private sector to solve a crisis that is deliberately being created by this government and further exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Far from being ‘more efficient’ and providing ‘choice,’ privateers taking over the public sector have worsened service delivery, and workers rights’ have been utterly compromised on the altar of corporate greed, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
