Day: April 12, 2024

UK News: Stef Reid has accused the sportswear brand of not meeting the inclusivity values it promotes by not selling shoes individually

A Paralympian is urging Nike to start selling individual trainers to single leg amputees after spotting that the sports brand is using mannequins with running blades to promote its products.

Stef Reid, a former Paralympian medal-winner who represented both Canada and Great Britain, has accused the sportswear company of failing to live up to the values of diversity and inclusion that it is promoting through its para-athlete models by refusing to sell single shoes. Continue reading…
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Exclusive: Failure to do so would betray working-class people, shadow health secretary says

Wes Streeting has defended Labour’s plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog, arguing that a failure to do so would result in a “betrayal” of working-class people who cannot afford to pay for care.

The shadow health secretary said his approach was a “pragmatic but principled one” as he doubled down on his remarks this week about “middle-class lefties” whom he said risked putting ideological purity ahead of patient care. Continue reading…
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