Two former health secretaries join calls for new law on assisted dying Senior Conservative and Labour figures said they would back changes to legislation on the issue in England and Wales The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023
Working-class people in UK ‘paid £6,000 less for same professional roles’ ‘Shameful’ class pay gap is even worse for women from poorer upbringings, according to analysis by Social Mobility Foundation The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023
Cuts, war, Brexit: all fuel the battle for the centre ground, but no one really knows where that is It is the concept dominating our politics, but unless people have a clear idea what it means, the debate will isolate them further, says author and broadcaster Steve Richards The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023
Wes Streeting plan to use private beds for NHS patients gets backing of Alan Milburn The shadow Health boss wants to buy excess capacity in the private sector to carry out 233,000 procedures a year to cut NHS waiting lists if Keir Starmer becomes PM Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2023
NIO wanted Treasury to cover spiralling costs of Bloody Sunday Inquiry Hundreds of classified government files have been opened for public viewing at the Public Record Office in Belfast. The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
Revealed: working class people paid thousands less than middle class peers despite doing same jobs Firms should be ‘legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary differences of up to £10,000 The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022
UK minister said compensation for infected blood victims was mistake – inquiry Alan Milburn, former secretary of state for health, told his Scottish counterpart Malcolm Chisholm that compensation was a ‘grave mistake’. The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022