NHS investment “would pay for itself fourteen times over”
Researchers have found that an extra £1bn of healthcare funding could lead to a £14bn gain for the economy.
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Read our latest comment and political analysis on strike action in both the UK and across the world.
A&E doctor: I fear the job I love will one day break me
It’s clear that our current workload is unsustainable, and if we don’t act soon, the NHS could crumble.
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Would public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Steve Barclay claimed higher pay for public sector workers "would not be consistent with bringing the inflation target down." He’s…
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£2.5bn extra to Big Pharma? Don’t tell striking NHS staff
The expiration of Vpas, the health department-private sector agreement, could see the NHS's medicines bill ballooning.
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Why the teacher strikes might not be over
The unions have accepted a pay deal, but industrial action could return if the problems in the sector don’t improve.
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The Tories know they can’t beat the unions – they just want someone else to blame
Anti-strike bills won’t change the fact the country needs nurses and teachers a damn sight more than it needs these…
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Is the BMA silencing striking junior doctors?
Medics on picket lines are declining interviews and telling journalists that only union reps can speak.
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Is Mick Lynch working class?
Rishi Sunak has accused trade unions of a “class war” – but class is not clear-cut in Britain’s new era…
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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Why is your teacher striking?
A guide for pupils missing school this week.
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How to win a strike negotiation
As the government and nurses enter “intensive” discussions over pay, a trade union negotiator reveals how talks unfold.
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The health crisis nobody is talking about
Less than a year after it was made, the government has broken its promise to address health inequalities.
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Andrew Murray’s Diary: Back to my old Commons beat, recalling the bellowing-booth and lessons from the Iraq War
I am reprising my role as the Morning Star’s parliamentary reporter – and hoping there are no problems with my…
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Pregnant Then Screwed’s Joeli Brearley: “I think motherhood radicalises you”
The activist on newly political mums, the idea of a women’s strike, and why Britain’s broken childcare system could decide…
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Another Rishi reshuffle won’t help him restore party discipline
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty
The Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms.
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How can NHS strikes be resolved?
Nurses and paramedics are fighting poor pay and conditions. Somehow the government needs to find the money to reverse years…
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Strikes bill makes a strange union in parliament
Jacob Rees-Mogg and John McDonnell were both critical of the minimum service law.
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Low pay, harassment, mice: no wonder Westminster staff want to strike
The latest front for industrial action could be parliament itself.
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British nurses’ pay lags behind other European countries
Taking into account what wages can buy, nurses in the UK earned less than the average of the 20 EU…
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