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Dementia patients forced to go to Accident and Emergency or being stranded in hospital is a social-care crisis.

Vulnerable people and their families suffer heartache and the impact on the NHS is damaging.

Other patients needing medical support are either stuck in longer queues or denied admission to full-up hospitals.

The sooner we introduce a National Care Service – alongside the National Health Service – the better.

Charlatan Boris Johnson’s Tory manifesto was deliberately vague on social care because the cowardly Prime Minister is afraid to come up with solutions.

He hides behind calls for cross-party talks he doesn’t really want.

To fund high-quality care for everyone who needs it, we need to tax the wealthiest a little more.

The answer isn’t hard to find. Unfortunately this Conservative PM isn’t looking.

Crucial choice

Labour's leadership choice is crystallising.

Lisa Nandy is virtually certain to join Keir Starmer on the final ballot paper, with Rebecca Long-Bailey all-but guaranteed to be included too.

Jess Phillips pulling out and Emily Thornberry’s struggle to gain enough constituency and trade union nominations mean this might turn into a three-horse race.

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Frontrunner Starmer is the bookies’ favourite, Nandy is backed by the influential GMB union and Long-Bailey’s interview in today’s Daily Mirror reminds members that she remains a serious contender.

Labour must choose the best of this trio or risk a fifth election defeat in a row.

Solace for Oz

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Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne’s public admission he’s battling Parkinson’s disease earned The Prince of Darkness widespread sympathy.

The global star from a working-class Birmingham home is supported by the best wishes of millions of fans.