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'There is a barrage of data to underline the crisis from the chronic staff shortages through to surging waiting lists,' writes Ian Birrell (Photo: Lynsey Addario/Getty Images) → Read More
This Bill is a populist stunt to appease the hard right, reflecting their loathing of Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion → Read More
We need to tackle state failure – shifting from an adversarial approach in sexual offences, examining reforms such as restorative justice, fixing the dismal prison system and boosting rehabilitation services → Read More
Britain’s collective worship of the NHS has, however, covered up multiple failures on safety, patient outcomes and less glamorous areas such as mental health → Read More
Compulsory vaccinations would only fuel the fears of anti-vaxxers and 'prove' their theories of a global conspiracy → Read More
These companies do not care about facts or news, let alone the destruction of traditional media or the corrosion of democracy → Read More
We have a nationalistic government which is focussing on Red Wall seats in the North, while London's financial services and arts industry are under threat → Read More
If the government really wants to build back better after Covid-19, I would suggest there are three important reforms it could make → Read More
As we have learned, we cannot bomb our way to a better world – instead, support for local dissidents and those preaching modernity and decency would go a long way → Read More
We can, thankfully, talk about 2020 in the past tense. It was a year of death and despair, of tragedy and trauma, of shattered hopes and shrunken horizons. Yet there was at last focus on the forgotten social care sector after its inadequacies, pitiful support and Cinderella status were exposed with such fatal consequences. There has been much talk also about mental health, with recognition that… → Read More
I met with Matt Hancock a year ago to try to stop people with autism and learning disabilities being detained in psychiatric units, but the horrific system persists → Read More
Our country has a political system which operates around private dinners, party donations, lobbyists, favours and questionable relationships → Read More
Thankfully the sun has set on our Empire - and the statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston has been torn down - but its shadow remains → Read More
This isn't the first time the World Health Organisation has let politics get in the way of saving lives → Read More
This fascinating account of Siberia’s horrific legacy is told with great verve → Read More
It would be a brave person who picked out the politician that has most debased themselves since the Brexit debacle exploded. But among the favourites in → Read More
Hardliners in the party are using every trick in the populist playbook from brazen lies to bullying to push their policies. → Read More
The former leader’s resignation is a grim blow for Tory moderates, who have lost their party, says Ian Birrell, David Cameron’s former speechwriter → Read More
I have heard too many tragic stories from the parents of young men and women who have taken their lives after being sectioned → Read More
If Brexiteers had been more honest, arguing we face perhaps a decade of pain to reset our global stance, I would have more respect for them → Read More