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“Shooting to Kill” Jeremy Corbyn – The Coup is On By Oliver Tickell
Right wing Labour MPs have launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn, and against the members of the party they represent, writes Oliver Tickell. Their plan is simple – backed by mainstream media, to discredit him so utterly that even his supporters turn against him – and elect a new ‘heir to Blair’ leader. Continue reading
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Welfare not Warfare, Don’t Bomb Syria – Sat 28 November / March for Climate Justice / Stop Austerity
The government tells us there’s no money for our welfare state, education and public services but billions can always be found for war. The proposed vote in Parliament on bombing Syria by British forces is likely to take place within the next week. A vote to bomb is more likely following the terrible events in… Continue reading
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We say NO to Care.data
A majority of 38 Degrees members support the idea of sharing anonymised data for life-saving medical research – as long as we can be convinced that the data is kept securely. But we are united in our opposition to this data being shared with profit-making companies, for any purpose. Continue reading
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NHS: Jeremy Hunt doesn’t want you to read this
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is trying to sneak through new NHS plans. The Guardian newspaper has revealed that a key NHS blueprint has been slipped out. Even though the public have a right to comment, the government “has deliberately kept it quiet”. Because of this cover-up, we’ve now got just over 24 hours to flood… Continue reading
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Take action to save Freedom of Information today
This evening at 11.45pm, the Commission on Freedom of Information closes its call for evidence. The Act under scrutiny – Freedom of Information (FOIA) – has been used as a tool for transparency and accountability for over 10 years. Without it, we wouldn’t know about the MPs’ expenses scandal, or have seen positive changes to… Continue reading
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Care.data: They never give up
The government is trying to push through the plan that would allow private companies to access our personal medical data and increase privatisation of the NHS. But together, we could stop it. Continue reading
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Help Save the FOIA Act!
There are serious problems with stubborn and powerful elites who refuse to accept that in a democracy the public have a right to know. Don’t let them get away with keeping the truth from you. Sign the petition and support the campaign to keep FOI strong. Continue reading
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Curb the surveillance state! Email your MP!
On Wednesday, Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to introduce new ‘snooping’ laws. But she knows she’ll only get them through if enough MPs support them. A growing number of MPs from all political parties are starting to speak out against her plans. If enough of us email our MPs in the next 24 hours,… Continue reading
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Kill the Bill!
In just a few hours, the House of Lords could kill off George Osborne’s cuts to tax credits. [1] If he isn’t stopped, the Chancellor’s plans will make life harder for millions of British families with low-paid jobs. Continue reading
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The NHS sells you and your soul
This week saw the UK’s largest online pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, fined £130,000 for concealing its sale of names and addresses of NHS patients to quacks and charlatans. Quite literally – the companies who bought patients details were selling “alternative” treatments and lottery scams. Continue reading
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Statement by English PEN and Index on Censorship on the government’s counter-extremism strategy
In its new strategy, the government is proposing measures that may criminalise legitimate speech and shrink the space for open debate throughout society. The UK already has legislation dealing with criminal offences in this category, including the Terrorism Act and the Public Order Act, and there is no need for new laws that may seriously… Continue reading
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The NHS Needs Emergency Funding Now!
It’s official: unless £2bn is urgently given to struggling hospitals, A&E waiting times will go up, cancer treatment will be delayed, and it’ll be impossible for hospitals to provide beds for people in need this winter. Continue reading
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The NHS winter is coming – what’s the one thing all progressive politicians must do to save it? By Caroline Molloy
All week we’ve been waiting for the figures that would show just how bad the scale of the NHS financial crisis was. The regulator, Monitor, had been ‘leaned on’ to delay publication til after the Tory Party Conference. And no wonder. The figures that were finally released today were bad. Really bad. NHS Trusts and… Continue reading
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New Labour Party shadow chancellor seeks to reassure big business at party conference By Chris Marsden
Newly appointed shadow chancellor John McDonnell outlined his and Jeremy Corbyn’s new economic prescriptions at the Labour Party’s conference yesterday. It was an exercise in appearing as “sensible” and “safe” as possible to Britain’s ruling class, while still making verbal feints towards the anti-austerity sentiment in the working class that catapulted Corbyn to the leadership… Continue reading
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RISE: Scotland’s Left Alliance By Ken Ferguson
The long dominant Labour Party, which opted to campaign against independence — alongside the Conservatives, loathed by the big majority of Scots voters, and the now virtually demolished Liberal Democrats in the Better Together alliance — reaped the whirlwind at the UK general election in May. Continue reading
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Labour values, the NHS and me By Marcus Chown
Last week I received an e-mail from the Labour Party telling me it had reason to believe I did not support its aims and beliefs and it was excluding me from voting in the leadership election. I have voted Labour in every election since I was 18. I have been a full member of the… Continue reading
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Army plots against British PMs are not new By Jonathan Cook
Jeremy Corbyn,Photo by AP Photo There has been some debate about the significance of a warning issued this weekend through Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times by a British general that the army would “mutiny” and use “whatever means possible, fair or foul” should the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ever get near 10 Downing Street. Continue reading
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Nasty party’s racist policies damage the NHS By John Lister
Nurses forced to leave Britain, new charging systems being set up even for emergency care – Tory policies are damaging the NHS, writes John Lister in an article from the latest Keep Our NHS Public newsletter. The NHS is already suffering as a result of racist changes to the rules governing non-EU staff, even as… Continue reading
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Corbyn can afford to sidestep the media but not their power By Des Freedman
The attacks on the Corbyn camp from parts of the British establishment have come in thick and fast – entirely as expected, given that his overwhelming success was partly predicated on a desire to challenge establishment rule. His resounding victory on the weekend was greeted by headlines arguing that he was a ‘danger to Britain’… Continue reading
