Latest editorial
Vials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
THE government must not rely on the vaccination programme alone to end the pandemic, campaigners warned today as lockdown restrictions were eased.
The Zero Covid campaign group, set up to promote a strategy to eliminate the spread of infections, is calling on ministers to roll out public health measures alongside the vaccine drive.
This includes the replacement of the failed track-and-trace system run by private firm Serco with an “effective, local, and publicly run system,” said the group.
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
The work done by Glasgow’s local campaigners and volunteers is truly inspiring, but it cannot stop at picking up the pieces of an irresponsible government, writes MAYA McGOWAN
