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In a dangerous new sign of spreading infection, the numbers of people testing positive for the coronavirus in hospitals rose by more than a third last week.

Consultants McKinsey was paid more than half a million pounds by the British government for “six weeks of work” to decide the “vision, purpose and narrative” of a new public health authority in England.

Scapegoating is behind the Tory decision to scrap Public Health England (PHE), growing support for Scottish independence, plus more.

Health workers plan ­rallies outside hospitals across Britain on Wednesday of next week to demand a pay rise.

 

Activists at the forefront of the pay revolt have come out against union leaders’ attempts to dampen down workers’ demands.  

The NHS pay revolt took off on Saturday as thousands marched in towns and cities across Britain. 

The NHS workers’ pay revolt is hugely welcome. It shows how there is real anger in society and working class fury can explode unexpectedly, often outside the official channels of the labour movement.

The government is suggesting a second Covid-19 wave is about to hit Britain—but they aren’t doing nearly enough to prepare properly for a new onslaught.

Outsourced workers at Homerton University Hospital in east London have won sick pay after a long-running campaign.

Health workers across Britain are taking the pay fight into their own hands

The rolling out of new measures to tackle obesity shames poor people and will not tackle a crisis that the Tories made worse, says Sarah Bates