Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Key workers are building a better future
BRENDA AITCHISON argues only better funding for local authorities will bring true recognition of how key 'key workers' actually are
A gardener puts the finishing touches to a floral display thanking the NHS and key workers outside Birmingham City Council House
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
WHEN the July edition of Vogue magazine was posted through my door by my lovely key-worker postman, there wasn’t the usual cover star of model or actor. Rather staring out under the headline of The New Front Line was Anisa Omar, a supermarket assistant.
Vogue published three different covers for July, the other two covers featured Rachael Miller, a midwife, and Narguis Horsford, a train driver.
At the beginning of this year key worker was not a term used much in the media, certainly not in Vogue. However, that was from a time before the Covid-19 pandemic was declared in March by the World Health Organisation.
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