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NHS workers are angry that the Scottish government has refused to reopen talks over pay.

Over 50 people protested against institutional racism outside St George’s hospital and medical school in Tooting, south London, on Monday.

In the face of a union campaign and mounting public pressure, Derbyshire county council last week announced a reversal of plans to close seven care homes in the county.

A shocking new report says that black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses find it harder to get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) than their white colleagues.

As COVID-19 continues to inflict terrible damage, it is the privatisation of social care, and the undermining of the NHS, that is the root of the crisis now facing healthcare

After months of failures, Boris Johnson claims he has a new contact tracing strategy. But as Sarah Bates reports, the scheme is already in trouble

Scientists are struggling to understand how Covid-19 affects people differently. Socialist Worker shows that the construct of race has more basis in exploitation than biology

The mood against the Tories is beginning to be seen more strongly on the streets. A number of cavalcades, stunts and socially-distanced protests took place on Thursday.

Call centre workers are risking their lives on a “dangerous frontline” in the coronavirus crisis. A new report says that, “Without exaggeration the severity of the hazards from Covid-19 and the effects on these workers make for shocking reading.”

Government coronavirus failures in social care continue to endanger the lives of hundreds of thousands of service users and workers.

More than 8,000 more people have died at home since the start of the coronavirus crisis than would have done in normal times.

Parents and school workers have reacted with fear and fury to Boris Johnson’s announcement that schools could start to reopen from next month.