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A nurse holds a painting of Prime Minister Boris Johnson clapping with blood on his hands as part of a demonstration of NHS workers at hospitals across London, in summer 2020
A YEAR after the first confirmed Covid-19 cases in Britain, health workers have been left “burned out, fatigued and desperately sad.”
These words, from intensive-care nurse Joanne Morrell, sum up the toll that the year-long struggle against coronavirus has had and is taking on dedicated health-service staff.
But with well over 100,000 people’s lives now cut short by the coronavirus, which saw its first confirmed cases in Britain a year ago today, NHS workers and their unions still find themselves demanding action — on testing, staffing and protective equipment.
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
