Labour’s first General Election poster: “Next time, they’ll cut to the bone”
The budget is out of the way, and Labour’s general election campaign is now properly underway. How do…
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LabourList readers expect Miliband to lead largest party – and back party pledge card
Last week Labour unveiled their election pledge card, which read as follows: We asked Labourlist readers to rank…
Half of people are against outsourcing of public services, poll finds
Polling done by Survation for campaign group We Own It has found that most people don’t want public…
London’s unique health needs require the local solutions – the case for devolving the capital’s health funding
Every aspect of our health care system in London is at capacity. Hospitals, GPs, ambulances, mental health and…
Why did Michael Sheen make his speech? It’s because the stakes are so high for our NHS
It’s been a great week for the internet, whether your bag is controversially coloured dresses, hitchhiking weasels, llamas…
Call on all Labour candidates to take local health and wellbeing boards to task over cold homes
For years fuel poverty campaigners have been calling on politicians to recognise the affects of cold and damp…
Burnham announces charities should be “preferred provider” for NHS services
Andy Burnham, Shadow Health Secretary, has said that charities should be the “preferred provider” of NHS services. He…
Labour’s immigration policies are excellent – we need to champion them on the doorstep
The pistol has been fired and the race has begun. For many Labour activists door knocking and phone…
4 reasons why devolution of NHS budgets is a good idea
The recent announcement that the entire NHS health budget for Greater Manchester will be devolved to local councils…
Why Labour should welcome health devolution to Manchester
This week’s surprise announcement from George Osborne that £6 billion of health and care spending would be devolved to…
