The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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Operating Theatre is a charity that specialises in telling stories about health through drama. Artistic director ALEX ELLIOTT explains how this year they’ll focus on questions of health inequality — such as why low income has a direct impact on life expectancy
A still from a production called Out of Sight about a care home abuse scandal
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
PLACE matters. Don’t take my word for it. It’s there in the Marmot Review, 10 Years On, a document that revisits some of the causes and effects of health inequalities in Britain.
In this far-reaching report, there is a lot to absorb, so I recommend that you take some time out to read it.
When I first opened the document, I was immediately struck by a quote that appears in the introduction.
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