NHS turns 75 and faces “worst crisis in its history” amid warnings from experts
Labour’s greatest achievement, the NHS, turns 75 today. Keir Starmer has released a video wishing the health service…
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‘NHS at 75: How Labour’s creation took decades to become a national treasure’
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS this week will be marked by extensive commemorations. From a service in…
Can Labour hit home with childcare reform – or tap the NHS birthday love-in?
Good morning. Expect the NHS to dominate the headlines this week, as if you haven’t heard already, Wednesday…
Streeting ‘relieved’ at NHS recruitment plans but intends to ‘pore over detail’
The long-awaited NHS workforce plan has today been published, setting out plans for a significant expansion of healthcare staff across…
‘To secure the NHS for the next 75 years, Labour must start listening to staff’
As we approach the next general election, many people are wondering how Keir Starmer would approach the problems…
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…
‘GPs don’t want practices nationalised or privatised – but many want change’
A recent LabourList comment piece by Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs, described Labour…
Briefing: Labour pounce on ‘liar’ Johnson, party NHS tensions, green jobs pledge
Good morning. Wes Streeting has again stressed the need for “serious reform and modernisation” of the NHS and talked up the…
£28bn rowback: Should Labour put climate or electability first?
And so the great Labour policy rowback continues. One of Labour’s most radical – and expensive – policies…
Jones beats Winter, JLM speaks out about Driscoll and Fabians social care plan
Good morning. Frontbencher Gerald Jones has been selected as the Labour candidate for the new seat of Merthyr Tydfil and…
