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
NHS under threat: Labour is wrong to embrace private sector
Diverting public funding to grow private-sector ‘spare capacity,’ actively undermines the funding and staff available to the NHS and results in a worse service, write JOHN PUNTIS and TONY O’SULLIVAN
WHAT KIND OF CHANGE? Keir Starmer happy to selfie with members of NHS staff at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom, Surrey, January 2025
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
2024 was the busiest year on record for emergency departments and ambulance services in England. Care in corridors and car parks has become normal. One in eight beds are occupied by patients unable to go home without community or social support. Delays moving sick patients from emergency departments to a hospital bed, caused an estimated 14,000 avoidable deaths last year. A&E overcrowding means ambulances wait outside to hand over patients and miss 100,000 urgent callouts each month.
Despite its massive parliamentary majority, the Labour has dropped previous promises, sidestepped this immediate national crisis and instead announced partnership with the private sector to reduce non-emergency waiting lists by 2029.
Why?
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