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A nurse dies as US immigration agents are ready to hunt down “everyone,” a US senator is told, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
There is something profoundly wrong with the way Britain cares for its most vulnerable citizens
Social care should be the fifth pillar in our welfare state alongside health, housing, education and social security, argues LAURA SMITH
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Strike veterans and trade unionists found many parallels between Rupert Murdoch’s attack on the print unions and today’s democratic struggles, reports BEN CHACKO
Former Labour MP LAURA SMITH makes the case for The Many slate in the elections to Your Party’s new executive
ALFIO BERNABEI says an Italian minister meeting the British far-right agitator in his ministerial office is an ominous sign of the times
Donald Trump’s bid to seize Greenland has exposed the deep hypocrisy at the heart of Nato, the EU and US foreign policy, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
THIS year we have celebrated the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The idea of a publicly funded health service based on need, rather than the ability to pay, is no longer a controversial one.
Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine that this wasn’t always the case. Yet the Tories fought tooth and nail against the creation of the NHS, voting against it 22 times in Parliament.
It took courage, leadership and some brilliant minds to make the case for what is now regarded as a national treasure. Instead of seeing a National Health Service as a “cost” or a “burden,” Labour sold the nation a wealth creator, boosting Britain’s health, wellbeing and productivity.
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