A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports
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The ‘bed-blocking’ scandal exposed
The Scottish government has been costing the taxpayer millions of pounds while misleading families about the reason their loved ones were stuck in hospital, writes NEIL FINDLAY MSP
In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY
Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports
The British Prime Minister’s Beijing visit marked the end of a long diplomatic hiatus and produced tangible, if limited, economic results, says KEITH BENNETT
Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY
I BELIEVE that the last few days have exposed a real scandal in healthcare.
Through the work of investigative journalists, it has emerged that in March, 1,000 people were discharged from hospitals untested into either care homes or their own or family home with a home-care package.
“Bed-blocking” or “delayed discharge” occurs when no care-home place or package of care at home is available.
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We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR
Lack of action over the St John Ambulance Ireland child sex abuse scandal leaves victims without justice and risks further abuses in the future, warns MICK FINNEGAN
