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Ayesha Hazarika

Ayesha Hazarika writes a fortnightly column for i on Scottish and Westminster politics. She was previously a senior Labour adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.

Article thumbnail: (FILES) An NHS sign is pictured at St Thomas' Hospital in front of the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower on January 13, 2017 in London. Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on July 4, 2023, marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion -- devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. (Photo by Isabel INFANTES / AFP) (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
Ayesha Hazarika

The UK is sick and miserable – and more NHS funding won't fix it

You can wang on about getting people back to work and growing the economy, but if you don’t have a mentally and physically well workforce, you’ve got no chance

Ayesha Hazarika

The Tories are 'quiet-quitting' - it's a win for Labour, and a huge loss for democracy

Ayesha Hazarika

If Labour is going to be tough on immigration, it must not make promises it can't keep

Article thumbnail: CHATHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 5: Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to supporters alongside newly elected Labour Councillor Vince Maple, Chatham Central, on Chatham Pier on May 5, 2023 in Chatham, England. With 61 of the 230 councils counted and declared from yesterday's local elections, the Labour Party has won 653 seats, up 119. They have taken control of Stoke on Trent, Plymouth and Medway councils and increased their majorities in Telford and Ipswich. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
Ayesha Hazarika

Snubbing the King's coronation is Meghan Markle's smartest move yet

Ayesha Hazarika

Scottish politics wasn’t for people like me, that's why Humza Yousaf’s election matters so much

Article thumbnail: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (L) listening as Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer stands at the despatch box speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons, in London, on March 15, 2023. - Teachers, London Underground train drivers and civil servants joined striking doctors Wednesday in a mass stoppage as Britain's finance minister unveiled his tax and spending plans. (Photo by Roger Harris / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / UK PARLIAMENT " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS (Photo by ROGER HARRIS/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (L) listening as Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer stands at the despatch box speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons, in London, on March 15, 2023. - Teachers, London Underground train drivers and civil servants joined striking doctors Wednesday in a mass stoppage as Britain's finance minister unveiled his tax and spending plans. (Photo by Roger Harris / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / UK PARLIAMENT " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS (Photo by ROGER HARRIS/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 17: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference to launch the third paper in the Building a New Scotland series, designed to inform the debate on Scotland's future at Bute House on October 17, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by David Cheskin-Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 17: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference to launch the third paper in the Building a New Scotland series, designed to inform the debate on Scotland's future at Bute House on October 17, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by David Cheskin-Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a Q&A session with NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard (third right) at Teesside University in Darlington, as part of his visit to County Durham. Picture date: Monday January 30, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Oli Scarff/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a Q&A session with NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard (third right) at Teesside University in Darlington, as part of his visit to County Durham. Picture date: Monday January 30, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Oli Scarff/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Starmer lets strong figures like Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper get on with their briefs. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Starmer lets strong figures like Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper get on with their briefs. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)