As #Labour tries to please both #private and public interests, its policies for the #NHS are in danger of costing a lot and achieving little
Labour’s seeming preoccupation with ensuring the private sector benefits in some way from any investment in the NHS, is incongruent with both the #healthcare crisis and any sense of #economic prudence.
https://bylines.scot/health/labours-vision-for-the-nhs-is-getting-grim/
“The term the ‘sick man of Europe’ is often used to describe countries going through severe economic turmoil or social unrest. In Britain today, it has become a more literal reality,” the authors wrote.
We lag our peers on:
All bringing real challenges for children, adolescents, working-age adults, and those who have retired.
That is, the nation’s health challenges have reached historic proportions.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24589592.britain-sick-man-europe-finds-new-report-nations-health/
#NHS #SaveOurNHS #CutsKill #LabourLies #ToryLies #PrivatisationFails #Healthcare
In the week after the government was accused of blindsiding the British food industry by giving 27 days’ notice that every consignment of items such as camembert, steak, tulips and chives would be subject to fees of up to £145, small retailers such as delis and farm shops have been scrambling to make sure they still have products to sell.
But they say some EU exporters have already decided that they have had enough of British red tape and are either pausing supply operations or have given up completely.
Food wholesalers and trade associations have told the Observer of suppliers in EU countries who are already looking at other markets instead of the UK.
#ToryLies #LabourLies #BrexitBenefits #BrexitFail #food #inflation
