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
The SNP government is running Scotland's NHS into the ground
A focus on ‘service redesign' to solve issues in health and social care won’t address the core problems of understaffing and underfunding, warns STEPHEN LOW
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
LAST WEEK senior doctors in A&E departments in NHS Grampian went public about staff shortages which they claimed were causing unacceptable delays and avoidable deaths.
The Aberdeen- and Elgin-based doctors say their complaints of lack of senior staff have been ignored since 2021 and have now resorted to using the formal whistleblowing structure to try and get something done.
It’s a stark example of the pressures in NHS Scotland. Pressures the Scottish government shows little sign of being able to tackle.
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