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Kick the profiteers out of our NHS
RICHARD BURGON MP warns that the Tories new Health and Care Bill is really about ensuring an even greater role for private companies in our NHS
Protesters outside BBC Broadcasting House in central London, as marches and rallies form across the country calling for a 15% pay rise for NHS workers and an increase in NHS funding, in September 2020
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
AGAINST the backdrop of the deepest health crisis in decades, the Tories have launched a dangerous NHS Bill. The Health and Care Bill, debated in Parliament this week, should really be called the NHS Corporate Takeover Bill.
This Bill opens the door for private corporations to sit on local health boards which make critical decisions about NHS budgets and services.
It also allows NHS bodies to award contracts to private healthcare providers with even less scrutiny and transparency than they do now.
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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
