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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‘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…
‘A National Care Service could be Labour’s legacy – like founding the NHS’
Thirteen years ago, in the dying days of the last Labour government, initial suggestions of a National Care…
Starmer to commit to ending “dangerous” A&E waiting times
Keir Starmer is set to commit the next Labour government to ending “dangerous” accident and emergency waiting times…
Labour’s health mission must be radical – and much wider than the NHS
Wes Streeting’s speech to the King’s Fund represented a thoughtful intervention on primary care. The makings of an…
Streeting: NPF policy programme shows “no-one can say we don’t have any ideas”
Wes Streeting has said the draft Labour policy programme recently revealed by LabourList shows “no-one can say we…
Streeting: Labour ‘not even entertaining the prospect’ of Lib Dem coalition
Labour is “not even entertaining” the prospect of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, according to Shadow Health…
