The Sunnyfesto
Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note:…
Social Care
The choice is not between decent hospitals and a properly defended country
I’m a big fan of John Prescott. His role in the OMOV debate at Annual Conference in 1993…
Miliband unveils 5-point plan to deal with A&E crisis
Ed Miliband has laid out how Labour would solve the A&E crisis. In an interview with the Daily…
The care we need
This article is from Our Labour, Our Communities – a pamphlet of 10 essays by Labour PPCs, published by LabourList…
Labour MPs get behind Social Care campaign
A Month ago I wrote a piece attacking the scandal of the care workers who don’t receive the minimum…
Living Wage week – a time to think about the care challenge Labour needs to address
Living Wage week is when we celebrate the fact that tens of thousands of low paid workers are…
A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work
By Liz Kendall and Richard Watts Entrusting the care of a loved one to a paid professional can…
The scandal of the care workers who don’t receive the minimum wage
There’s been a great deal of focus on the Minimum Wage recently. Labour pledged an £8 an hour…
Labour announce care sector reforms as report estimates thousands not paid minimum wage
Labour are responding to an independent report on the care work industry with a raft of new proposals,…
Miliband announces “GP guarantee” – and confirms plans to integrate health and social care
Speaking this evening in Manchester, Ed Miliband will unveil a new “GP guarantee”, designed to improve services for patients, ease the…
