NOT UNTIL IT’S SAFE: WE STAND WITH TEACHERS
Schools should not open until it is safe to do so On the 9th May KONP expressed its full support for the National Education Union’s five tests before schools could take in more children and […]
Month: May 2020
Cross-sector solidarity vital to protect frontline staff in Covid19 crisis
Unjum Mirza, Branch Chair of the Victoria Line for the transport union, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) writes exclusively for Keep Our NHS Public on how cross-sector solidarity is the only way we […]
Migrant charges: When we stand together we win
The Government U-turn on migrant charging shows that campaigning works but that the ongoing systemic racism in Government policy still requires we pool our efforts and continue our work. JOIN THE PUBLIC MEETING What’s going […]
Government pushes unsafe return to work through dubious figures
It is difficult to respond to Boris Johnson’s advice when it is hidden behind vagueness and incompetence. It is also difficult to respond to Matt Hancock when his ‘spin’ is removed from the context of […]
Plans for post-Covid NHS hatched behind the lockdown
This article is by John Lister, Keep Our NHS Public’s Secretary. It originally appeared on The Lowdown, an online magazine for health campaigners. Debates over relaxing the lockdown and whether or not the peak of the […]
Trump and The UK Trade Bill, why should we be worried?
This article was originally published in The Lowdown, an online magazine for health campaigners. ● The new Trade Bill gives Parliament little say over future trade deals according to MPs and campaigners, but the government says […]
#KeeptheLockdown & protect the NHS
Don’t forget: “Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives”? We haven’t – and nor should you. Although this advice from government came much later than it should have done, there is no doubt that […]
Teachers hold the line: the phased re-opening of schools affects us all
National Education Union Press Statement in response to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on relaxing of the lockdown and the phased return of schools Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, […]
We support teachers’ 5 tests before schools can re-open
Teachers, parents and education staff have responded with the utmost seriousness and professionalism to this crisis. They need to be confident that public health is the first priority in all considerations concerning how we work together to combat this […]
Accurate accounting is part of honouring the dead
Accurate accounting is part of honouring the dead: the Government should start with transparency and humility The UK looks on course to be one of the worst affected countries in Europe with respect to deaths […]