All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Fighting Tory individualism starts with the NHS
The Conservatives cannot see that failure to tackle health inequalities in society will hold back the success of the country as a whole. Resisting this ideology of selfishness must begin with forcing them to pay our health workers properly, argues JON TRICKETT MP
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
ONE of the biggest lessons from this pandemic is the devastating exposure of widespread health inequalities that exist in our communities.
Worryingly, life expectancy in this country is falling and at the same time we are seeing a widening in the gap between the most affluent in society and those living in deprived areas.
Most concerning is the fact that men living in the least deprived areas in England can expect to live almost a decade longer than men living in the most-deprived areas. And this bleak picture is similar for women, who face a slightly lesser gap of almost eight years.
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