It’s not your doctor’s fault you can’t get an appointment
The shortage of GPs predates the pandemic and stems from the government’s longstanding failure to solve the NHS recruitment crisis.
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James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth is a journalist and author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain, which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize.
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To win, Labour has to treat Tories as humans, not as scum
Angela Rayner’s outburst revealed the mentality that is helping to keep her party in opposition.
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What Boris Johnson should have said to Jeff Bezos in New York
Amazon is an empire and British leaders understand a thing or two about imperialism. It’s time they held it…
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The raw sewage dumped into the UK’s rivers reveals a broken model
Reckless cuts and the impact of Brexit have left rivers dangerously polluted.
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Does punishing adults for their childhood mistakes really improve society?
The Marc Bola case is the latest example of the dangers of a culture of retrospective shame.
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Why Remainers shouldn’t mock Brexiteers over the lorry driver shortage
The inconvenient truth is that employers have used migrant labour to reduce wages and standards.
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