1943-2025: How one man’s unfinished work reveals the lethal lie of ‘colour-blind’ medicine
Shadow lives
RUTH HUNT offers a personal view of the UK ‘opioid crises’
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Labour’s cynical recruitment drive normalises militarism, diverts attention from youth unemployment and public service cuts, and seeks to build consent for an increasingly aggressive defence agenda, argues GEORGINA ANDREWS
Why is welfare in its limited sense attacked when aimed at the poor? asks poignantly PAUL DONOVAN
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
NICHOLAS MWANGI highlights a historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force
As unemployment rises and living standards fall, May’s economic announcement risks locking Britain into further decline rather than charting a new course, warns JON TRICKETT MP
IN GP surgeries up and down the country, people with significant disabilities who have been functioning on opiate medication are having these vital medications withdrawn, forcing them to live shadow lives where they are no longer able to function.
Are a large proportion of those no longer able to work due to ill health – the same people whose pain medication has been cut or withdrawn?
My spinal cord injuries (SCI) happened when I was 18 but it wasn’t until I developed severe secondary conditions that pain became a problem.
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