Sakina Sheikh is one of four candidates shortlisted by Labour’s National Executive Committee for the Lewisham East by-election triggered by Heidi Alexander’s departure to the London mayor’s office. She is […]
What I’m about to write is likely to make me very unpopular with some people. While I’d prefer to avoid that, the issues and the truth about them are too […]
You don’t need to read very far through this blog to know that I’m passionate about the NHS. I believe it’s Britain’s, and Labour’s, greatest achievement and the country’s greatest […]
As you can see on the Open Democracy site, and on Shibley Rahman’s excellent blog, the government is trying to slip through a catastrophic and previously-denied NHS measure into law. […]
Some months ago, I predicted a series of cuts based on statements by Lansley and a series of articles published by the Telegraph. The next day, Lansley announced the very […]
As has been covered many times on this blog and by others, the government is going as fast as it dares, and in as subtle a way as it can, […]
It’s been a telling few days in terms of NHS news – and one that demonstrates the central place that the NHS must play in Labour’s thinking and in its strategy for […]
I wrote on Friday about the provisions in the NHS Act that would allow a Labour Health Secretary to transfer all transferred NHS assets back to the state, and called on Andy […]
I wrote yesterday about the complete lack of protection for NHS workers transferred to private health providers under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. That’s by no means the […]
About 6 weeks ago I wrote about the Tories’ great NHS pension robbery – the fact that, via the despicable Health & Social Care Act, the government was executing an unprincipled scam that […]