The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
NHS privatisation — why we must unite to oppose it
Now is the time to unite outsourced workers’ demands to become NHS employees, on NHS pay and conditions, with the fight to stop the privatisation of our health service altogether, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
NHS workers get official praise and commemorative portraits - but the government is continuing to destroy the foundations of our public health service
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE pillaging of NHS funds and the demoralisation of hospital workers by the private sector is commonplace throughout the NHS.
Increasingly the private sector is becoming more embedded in our NHS as services are separated off and tendered out to the lowest bidder.
The special relationship with the NHS facilities contract manager who is as hostile to the presence of active unions, as the private company is the entrance ticket to the NHS goldmine.
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Behind Starmer’s headline-grabbing abolition of NHS England lies a ruthless drive to centralise control so that cuts of £6.6 billion can be made — even if it means reducing cancer services and clinical staff, writes JOHN LISTER