Labour would halt the Tories’ A&E closures, Ashworth pledges
Labour will call a halt to the Tories’ controversial wave of hospital closures if it is elected. The…
social care crisis
Corbyn laughs off concerns over image and vows to fight on policy
Jeremy Corbyn today vowed to concentrate on fighting injustice and delivering Labour policies as he shrugged off concerns…
Jonathan Ashworth: Theresa May is overseeing a collapse in hospital standards – it’s time she sat up and took notice
Since Theresa May took over as prime minister last summer, patient standards in the NHS have collapsed. Consumed…
Ashworth: Our NHS is going through the biggest funding squeeze in its history
This is the full speech that Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, gave to the Nuffield Trust today. …
Ashworth: The NHS is crippled by cuts to social care – the chancellor must help
The chancellor must act and give social care the emergency funds it needs, Jonathan Ashworth will urge. Speaking…
McDonnell: The NHS is in a state of profound crisis because the Tories ignore it
This is the full speech that John McDonnell gave today ahead of next week’s budget. Next week, the…
McDonnell: Labour would make high earners publish their tax returns
Those earning £1m a year or more would have to publish their tax returns under a Labour government,…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn runs up against May’s dour display but backbencher exposes Tories’ crass Copeland tactic
“Mr speaker, my questions were…” Here we go again. Jeremy Corbyn nailed the prime minister on the NHS…
Let’s fire up Labour’s local elections campaign by twinning London members with activists in the countryside
To govern the nation well means being in touch with the realities of the whole of the nation.…
The party whip should have been relaxed for Brexit vote – reader survey results
Jeremy Corbyn should relax the party whip for occasional votes of huge national significance, such as article 50, readers…
