Health unions publish blueprint for safe opening up of NHS as lockdown eases
16 health unions have published a blueprint for the safe opening up of the NHS as lockdown measures…
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‘Cancel the rent’ policy would be “un-Labour”, says Debbonaire
A ‘cancel the rent’ policy would be “un-Labour” and “really regressive”, Shadow Housing Secretary Thangam Debbonaire has said…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: government guidance
I had planned to spend this week looking at different policy areas and outlining some of the ways…
Why the UK needs a strategy for food self-sufficiency
Everyone is interested in eating, which makes it funny how rarely food crops up as a subject for…
Labour calls for plan to deal with non-Covid clinical need backlog
Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to provide a plan to deal with a “growing and alarming…
225,000 care places lost if government U-turns on council funding, says Labour
Labour has said that the equivalent of 225,000 adult social care places will be severely reduced or lost…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: community support
It became apparent very early on in the current crisis that a principle responsibility of local government during…
Now is exactly the right time to argue for radical change
Life has changed beyond recognition. We keep being told that soon we will enter a ‘new normal’, but…
PM rejects Starmer’s call to correct record on care home guidance
Boris Johnson has rejected the call from Keir Starmer to “come to the House of Commons at the…
WATCH: Proposals to reopen schools are “reckless”, says Labour
Mary Kelly Foy has said that government proposals for reopening schools are “ill thought-out and reckless”, and warned…
