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SOCIALIST MPs have demanded a “zero-Covid” strategy to eliminate or radically reduce the spread of coronavirus in Britain.
The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs said today that the government did not lock down the country fast or long enough to see Covid-19 eliminated, as it had largely been in countries like New Zealand.
They said the alternative approach they are suggesting should be implemented urgently to protect public health and the economy.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
