‘We must go further than New Labour on child poverty – and finally eliminate it’
I’m proud to be from the North East. I was brought up in Tyneside, and I raised my…
Health inequalities
‘Keir’s speech made it clear. Reform must be at the centre of all Labour does’
As Keir outlined his project for our country today, it was made clear that reform will play a…
‘Community hospitals are a lifeline for coastal areas. Labour must protect them’
This summer, campaigners in the Cornish seaside town of St Ives saved their community hospital. Three years after…
Labour’s health mission: toward the right diagnosis but what about the treatment?
As a nation, we’re getting sick in all kinds of ways. Life expectancy gains have stalled, people are…
This pandemic should be a watershed moment for health inequalities
Inequality in health is the worst kind. If we address the factors that mean some people live shorter…
Covid is not a map reader. The only way to crush the curve is uniform restrictions
No Holding Back exists as an organisation to give voice to all those communities in Britain that are…
“This is why I am Labour” – Ashworth’s full speech at Labour ‘Connected’
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth at Labour’s online…
Trans people must be heard by the Labour Party
Transgender people have been a contentious issue across the political spectrum for a considerable period of time. As…
Labour demands Covid-19 health inequalities strategy
Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to implement a health inequalities…
How Labour will tackle the UK’s infant mortality crisis
The infant mortality rate has continued to rise under this Conservative government. Future generations need a Labour government…
