‘Starmer is claiming the mantle of Bevan – but his priorities are very different’
Labour leaders love to claim ‘the mantle of Nye’, and Keir Starmer in his speech at the National…
Aneurin Bevan
‘NHS at 75: How Labour’s creation took decades to become a national treasure’
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS this week will be marked by extensive commemorations. From a service in…
Gordon Brown: The NHS is our greatest invention. Let us not forget Bevan’s bravery
70 years old this week, the NHS is Britain’s greatest invention and the best symbol of what we…
Nick Thomas-Symonds: If we want another 70 years of the NHS, we must fight for it
The 70th anniversary of our National Health Service has, quite rightly, attracted a great deal of national attention. Organisations…
Ashworth: Our NHS is 69 years old today – seven years of the Tories has left it in crisis
On this day, 69 years ago, Aneurin Bevan founded Labour’s proudest achievement – the National Health Service, which…
Tristram Hunt: We can look to Victorian Britain for lessons on 21st century devolution
At a Centre for Cities event in Manchester yesterday I argued that it is time for our party…
Lansley named worst health secretary, Bevan named best
The work Andrew Lansley did for the NHS has finally received proper recognition. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) have named…
Without more working class MPs, can we really call it the Labour Party?
140 years ago, one of the first working-class MPs was elected to the House of Commons. Thomas Burt,…
What next for Syria? British politicians must push for peace in the region
“The eyes of the world are turning to Great Britain. We now have the moral leadership of the…
Why Bevan is a Labour Hero
Last night Ed Balls gave the 2011 Aneurin Bevan Memorial Lecture – we’ve reproduced the lecture here in…
