Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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Here comes another unelected prime minister
PETER FROST takes a look at so-called democracy in the fight for Tory Party leadership and the keys to No 10
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
CURRENTLY the Tory Party has about 125,000 members and those members are the only British subjects who will — and only then if they are lucky — have a vote for the next prime minister.
The Tory Party is slightly smaller than the Scottish Nationalists, and the Liberal Democrats are gaining on them fast.
Chuka Umunna isn’t the only Remainer who has joined the Lib Dems. (Note to editor. Please check that Chuka is still a Lib Dem today, who knows what party he will be in tomorrow.)
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