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 historic mistreatment of NHS nurses is unforgivable – it must be stopped for once and for all
HELEN O'CONNOR charts the slow creep of damaging change in the NHS since the ’90s, with a burgeoning number of ‘managers’ with no healthcare experience, increased fragmentation and privatisation, and the abolition of the nursing bursary
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The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY
WHEN we embarked on our student nurse training in the Whittington hospital, the June 90 set enjoyed conditions that are a distant dream for today’s student nurses.
The majority of us were just out of secondary school, so we leaped at the chance of gaining independence alongside the prospect of getting a career under our belts at a young age.
The attractive training package which included subsidised accommodation, subsidised meals and a modest salary for personal expenses, meant that the hospital had no problem recruiting student nurses or filling staffing vacancies with nurses who were loyal to the hospital.
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