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Privatisation is not the answer
We need a proper strategy to revitalise our public services – expecting privateers to rush to the rescue is no answer to the problems in the NHS and elsewhere, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
TALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS: Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, meet nursing staff and Labour’s candidate for the East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward (left) current chair of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, during a visit to Kings Mill Hospital Sutton-in-Ashfield, in the East Midlands on April 8 2024
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
PUBLIC services in this country are in crisis, which is now widely acknowledged even by those in government. Fixing that crisis is imperative for the livelihoods of millions of people in this country, and the wellbeing of almost all of us. A failure to do so will have drastic social and political consequences.
The problems of public services are so profound that they are even acknowledged by the Tories. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently apologised for his failure to correct the problems his party has created in the NHS.
Yet the depth of that crisis is not fully understood among those who accept the essential truth of the point. As a result, the onus is on politicians and political parties to say how they will tackle it.
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