The National Health Service remains the greatest achievement in the ongoing struggle for social justice in Britain and the best way to mark its 70th… Read More »NHS needs a strong dose of democracy for its 70th birthday
The collapse of Carillion, which made its money by sucking resources out of the public sector, begs the question: What use to society is the… Read More »After Carillion, what is the private sector for? Good question!
The pay claim of 3.9% + £800, made by an alliance of unions for the 1 million NHS staff, adds another intractable problem to the… Read More »Union leaders must turn words into deeds
Debt from hedge funds to ease the squeeze in the NHS? This madly dangerous proposal comes from Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement. His big… Read More »A cooperative model, not hedge-funding for the NHS
Unable to find ways of getting the global corporations like Google, Apple and Facebook to pay taxes in the UK, chancellor Philip Hammond’s stop-gap budget… Read More »Budget squeezes the middle leaving the corporations untouched