Mark my words: this will be the end of the NHS if the Tories have their way | Gordon Brown
-----
#NhsMEWS #HealthMEWS #SocietyMEWS #ConservativesMEWS #PrivateHealthcareMEWS #PoliticsMEWS #UkNewsMEWS
-----
They are now openly contemplating a more privately funded healthcare system. It wouldn’t just be unfair, it makes no economic senseSavid Javid, a former chancellor and health secretary, has wri...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/nhs-tories-privately-funded-healthcare

‘To hell with being sweet and affable’: Leila Farzad on acting, pain and speaking her mind
-----
#LeilaFarzadMEWS #TelevisionMEWS #CultureMEWS #Television&RadioMEWS #WomenMEWS #SocietyMEWS #IranMEWS
-----
After years of waiting impatiently in the wings, Leila Farzad has finally landed her first starring role – a ‘callous and cold’ police officer. Here, she talks about Ir...

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/22/leila-farzad-on-acting-pain-and-speaking-her-mind-better

‘I was gaslit by my own force’: female police report ‘systemic’ abuse by male officers
-----
#PoliceMEWS #WomenMEWS #DomesticViolenceMEWS #SocietyMEWS #UkNewsMEWS
-----
In wake of David Carrick verdict, women from England and Wales come forward to report mental, physical and professional tollDespite having been a police officer and also married to one, Helen ...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/22/gaslit-by-my-own-force-female-police-report-systemic-abuse-by-male-officers

This attempt to cut the pay of public servants offends a basic British sense of fairness | Will Hutton
-----
#PublicSectorPayMEWS #PublicServicesPolicyMEWS #PoliticsMEWS #PayMEWS #SocietyMEWS #UkNewsMEWS #Work&CareersMEWS #IndustrialActionMEWS #MoneyMEWS #ConservativesMEWS
-----
The revered philosopher John Rawls had it right: most citizens believ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/this-attempt-to-cut-the-pay-of-public-servants-offends-a-basic-british-sense-of-fairness

Work less, live more: is it time to end the five-day week?
-----
#SocietyMEWS #Work-lifeBalanceMEWS #Work&CareersMEWS #GuardianCareersMEWS #MoneyMEWS #LifeAndStyleMEWS #FamilyMEWS #ParentsAndParentingMEWS
-----
Research shows that working fewer hours can be far more productive. Richard Godwin clocks on to find out if it’s trueI have been meaning to write about the miracles of the four...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/work-less-live-more-is-it-time-to-end-the-five-day-week

RIP wild swimming. Nature’s ‘cure all’ has thrown in the towel | Eva Wiseman
-----
#SwimmingMEWS #FitnessMEWS #LifeAndStyleMEWS #HealthMEWS #SocietyMEWS
-----
Immersing yourself in cold water never did appeal to many of us, but raw sewage and now medical evidence all mean the trend could soon be out of its depthFarewell, wild swimming, it’s been fun. Well, not fun...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/22/rip-wild-swimming-natures-cure-all-has-thrown-in-the-towel-sewage

The early days of the wellness industry, 1983
-----
#LifeAndStyleMEWS #HealthMEWS #SocietyMEWS
-----
We all needed to raise our game already, from coq au vin-guzzling junior doctors to Scotch-sipping executivesOn 5 June 1983 the Observer took readers on a brisk jog round the nascent wellness industry. ‘Life can be cruel and death crueller,’ wrote Dr Richard Smith, baldly, imagining a scen...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/22/the-early-days-of-the-wellness-industry-1983

Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel
-----
#ImmigrationAndAsylumMEWS #ChildrenMEWS #ChildProtectionMEWS #SocialCareMEWS #SocietyMEWS #UkNewsMEWS
-----
Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangsDozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/revealed-scores-of-child-asylum-seekers-kidnapped-from-home-office-hotel

Being single has a lot going for it, but £10k a year seems too high a price for the privilege | Emma John
-----
#FamilyFinancesMEWS #SocietyMEWS #FamilyMEWS #LifeAndStyleMEWS #MoneyMEWS #UkNewsMEWS
-----
People who live alone spend almost twice as much per person as those in couples, research has revealedSome claim that the first day in the thi...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/being-single-has-a-lot-going-for-it-but-10k-a-year-seems-too-high-a-price-for-the-privilege