WATCH: Streeting slams government as “behind the curve” on school reopening
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting has criticised the government for being “behind the curve” on the reopening of schools…
COVID-19
We need an urgent inquiry into the deaths of disabled people during Covid
As Boris Johnson strengthens coronavirus restrictions and Covid deaths continue to rise, it is time to admit that…
Labour calls for “rapid review” into 10pm hospitality curfew
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to carry out a “rapid review” into the effectiveness of…
Labour urges action as NHS staff lose 500,000 days to mental illness
Labour’s Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has urged the government to do more to support NHS workers after new figures…
The government’s botched response to Covid-19 risks undermining a future vaccine
Before Covid-19, if you referenced ‘herd immunity’, most people would have drawn a blank. It wasn’t at the…
“Poverty” sick pay could force over 80% of ill care staff into work, says GMB
GMB is calling for all social care staff to receive full pay when sick after a recent survey…
Our test-and-trace system is a long way off “world-beating”, Prime Minister
As we have seen an easing of lockdown measures, a reduction in hospital admissions and the end of…
Blair repeats call for government to appoint “senior minister of testing”
Tony Blair has repeated his call for the UK government to appoint a “senior minister of testing” and…
‘Long Covid’, NHS pride and casework: Labour MPs recovering from coronavirus
Andrew Gwynne “I’ve had some pretty horrid days over the past 17 weeks, but the last couple of…
Tory faith in the private sector is proving calamitous – Ashworth’s Covid-19 update
It’s been a calamitous week for the government and its supposedly “world-beating” test and trace system. First, we…
