Labour denies another policy U-turn as £3bn big tech tax ruled out
Good morning. Labour’s gradual drip-feed of self-confessed U-turns and staunchly denied but reported climbdowns continues. The Times suggests…
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Jon Ashworth will guest edit LabourList to mark NHS at 70
Jon Ashworth is set to guest edit LabourList over the next week, as the NHS celebrates its 70th…
Labour will ban junk food adverts from prime time television – Ashworth
Labour has stepped up its war on child obesity by pledging to ban adverts for junk food from primetime…
Jon Ashworth: I’m running the marathon for every family affected by alcoholism – and I’m also running for my dad
I’ve never really spoken out about this at great length before. When I was first elected I spoke…
Former shadow cabinet ministers demand Corbyn join fight to stay in single market
A group of nearly 30 Labour MPs including former senior shadow cabinet ministers and two current frontbenchers have…
Jon Ashworth: Rising waiting times reveal the full scale of the Tories’ NHS crisis
What will it take for this Tory government to admit that their policies are failing our health service?…
Corbyn and Ashworth: The NHS is always at the back of the queue for the Tories – Labour will stand up for the health service
Jeremy Corbyn and Jon Ashworth today launched a poster on Labour’s Care for the NHS campaign. The Labour leader…
Jon Ashworth: Tories must come clean about the desperate state of the NHS
Yesterday, in my new role as shadow secretary of state for health, I asked Jeremy Hunt to explain…
Jon Ashworth: Ignore Liam Fox’s shameful migrant workers claim – the Tories must not use Brexit to harm the NHS
Our national health service relies on the skills and dedication of workers from all over the world. If…
