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The Tories put profits before people at every stage of the pandemic—and ordinary people have paid the price, says Sarah Bates

Tens of thousands of patients have been forced to wait for more than a year to start hospital treatment in England, according to new figures.

The coronavirus pandemic has reached a grisly milestone—1.5 million deaths worldwide.

The High Court of Justice has just made a shocking and disastrous decision that reflects the poisonous atmosphere generated against trans people in recent times. It has reportedly left many young trans people distraught.

Rehab workers at We Are With You in Wigan and Leigh have forced bosses to cough up cash after a long-running dispute.

The economic crisis, exacerbated by the Tories’ mishandling of the pandemic, has plunged people into poverty.

How did public funds meant to help us find a vaccine for coronavirus end up in the pockets of some of the richest corporations on the planet? And, why will billions of people still be without hope even when a vaccine emerges?

An official investigation has found that firms with political connections were ten times more likely to win contracts.

It’s been a year since what is believed to have been the first coronavirus infection in Wuhan, China, on 17 November 2019. Now there are finally real hopes for a vaccine.

The government’s repeated Covid-19 failures ¬undermine efforts to contain it—and mean we should not trust the Tories with the hopes for a new vaccine.

French teachers struck and demonstrated in large numbers on Tuesday demanding coronavirus safety. But they also raised many other educational demands.

Covid-19 isn’t over, but news of a seemingly successful vaccine trial has prompted a flurry of hope that an end may be in sight. But control by private firms will be disastrous.