China’s sex ratio at birth will keep falling and eventually reach a balance within 15 years due to economic and social development and the relaxed family planning policy, the central government has predicted. The ratio, which was 113.5 men to every 1… read more
China is working on a law that will help pharmacists properly prepare and allocate medicine. [Photo: xinhua] China is working on a law that will help pharmacists properly prepare and allocate medicine, according to the country’s health authorities…. read more
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on reports that the Prime Minister has refused to exclude health services from a possible trade deal with the US, said:
“It is beyond belief that our Prime Minister is bartering away our health service in her desperation for post-Brexit trade deals. Labour is committed to the NHS both free at the point of use and free at the point of delivery. Theresa May has presided over the worst winter for the NHS in years and she must not now be allowed to sell off the NHS to big US healthcare corporations.
“Labour will oppose any attempt to sell off our health service. The Prime Minister needs to urgently confirm that a rushed trade deal with President Trump will not be a Trojan horse for NHS privatisation. The British people did not vote for Theresa May to use our NHS as a bargaining chip with Donald Trump.”
read moreDefence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has underlined the UK’s Defence ties with Australia while marking the country’s national day. read more
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party said:
“I’m so sad to hear of the death of my good friend and comrade Tam Dalyell. Our thoughts are with his family.
“Tam was a titan of parliamentary scrutiny, fearless in pursuit of the truth. From Iraq to the miners’ strike, he doggedly fought to expose official wrongdoing and cover ups.
“The title of his autobiography summed Tam up to a tee: ‘The Importance of Being Awkward.’
“But he was much more than that: Tam was an outstanding parliamentarian, a socialist and internationalist, and a champion of the underdog, here and abroad.”
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