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Strikes, sleaze and huge wealth gaps could hinder Tory neoliberal agenda

Strikes, sleaze and huge wealth gaps could hinder Tory neoliberal agenda

OPINION: Market fundamentalism survived the fall of Truss, but could a changing public mood bring about its demise?
Paul Rogers 28 Jan 2023
Tech meltdown caused by UK heatwave cost London hospital £1.4m

Tech meltdown caused by UK heatwave cost London hospital £1.4m

Staff tried to hose down overheating air con but were unable to find a tap, review into critical incident reveals
Adam Bychawski 27 Jan 2023
‘Don’t use me as an excuse’: Paramedics slam anti-protest bill

‘Don’t use me as an excuse’: Paramedics slam anti-protest bill

The Tories justify the Public Order Bill by saying protests ‘block emergency services’. Ambulance workers don’t agree
Anita Mureithi 26 Jan 2023
Revealed: Taskforce to tackle NHS backlog is stuffed with private health CEOs

Revealed: Taskforce to tackle NHS backlog is stuffed with private health CEOs

Lobbyists for private health corporations were among those tasked with shaping proposals for NHS recovery plan
Adam Bychawski 19 Jan 2023
Johnson will publish memoir – but refuses to hand over ministerial diary

Johnson will publish memoir – but refuses to hand over ministerial diary

Ex-PM spent a year refusing to release his official ministerial diary. Now he’s publishing his own account instead
Jenna Corderoy, Ruby Lott-Lavigna 16 Jan 2023
Are unions failing to support Black NHS workers?

Are unions failing to support Black NHS workers?

As strikes continue nationwide, openDemocracy asks whether Black people are properly represented in the labour movement
Beauty Dhlamini 12 Jan 2023
Government won’t rule out plugging NHS holes with retired medics

Government won’t rule out plugging NHS holes with retired medics

Number 10 could consider repeating pandemic measure as spokesperson vows to ‘consider all options’
Ruby Lott-Lavigna 10 Jan 2023

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