Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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The privateers eating our health service
SOLOMON HUGHES reveals the big hidden subsidy from the NHS to a company called Ramsay Healthcare
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
The government is starving the NHS of money. But it is also feeding slices of it to private health firms.
A few weeks back readers may recall I wrote about poor performance by private health firm Ramsay Healthcare, whose hospitals are paid to treat NHS patients, thanks to Tory and New Labour privatisation.
Since then Ramsay has issued its latest annual report. The report, released this April, covers its business from 2015-16.
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