Caroline Molloy

Caroline Molloy is openDemocracy's UK health and social affairs correspondent, a journalist and speaker. She has written extensively on politics, public services and the welfare state, and has a particular interest in public services and technology.

A Corbyn-led coalition could take power in days - and not just as caretaker

A long-term progressive coalition government – that has the mandate already of well over half the votes cast in 2017 - could transform our interlocking crises of Brexit, austerity, climate and constitution. And the other alternatives look ugly.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 25 Sep 2019

A Corbyn-led coalition could take power in days - and not just as caretaker

The tangled web of Tory leadership candidates and climate science denial

The UK’s next prime minister will probably be a no-dealer tied to transatlantic climate science denial network.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 14 Jun 2019

The tangled web of Tory leadership candidates and climate science denial

The NHS is already on the table. But here's exactly how Trump wants to sharpen the knives

Soundbites from Tory leadership hopefuls won’t save the NHS from the corporates and their trade lobbyists. Only honesty and clarity about what’s already on the table, how it got there, and how we can take it back, will do that.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 6 Jun 2019

The NHS is already on the table. But here's exactly how Trump wants to sharpen the knives

It’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking system

Protests are spreading as banks’ investments in fossil fuels contradict their Paris pledges on climate change.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 13 May 2019

It’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking system

Spring into Sport

As one sport’s contest approach its climax another has barely begun. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews Spring books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 May 2019

Labour is working to ensure the missing millions can vote – whilst Tories are trying to make it harder

7 million people either aren’t registered to vote, or aren’t properly registered. Whilst Labour is considering automatic registration, Tory experiments are disenfranchising the poor and vulnerable.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 1 May 2019

Labour is working to ensure the missing millions can vote – whilst Tories are trying to make it harder

Grand Wizards, Cultural Marxism and Blueshirts – dangerous words, but the media shrugs

In the midst of the Brexit chaos, prominent Tories are using language that encourages the crank right and the wannabe militiamen. And the media is ignoring or making excuses for them.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 28 Mar 2019

Grand Wizards, Cultural Marxism and Blueshirts – dangerous words, but the media shrugs

Long live the People's Palace!

Glasgow's beloved museum of ordinary people's lives is threatened with closure. But these are exactly the kind of museums the UK needs as its nations struggle with questions of identity.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 23 Oct 2018

NHS pay deal row intensifies as nurses call for union leader to quit

Calls for resignations and for NHS pay vote to be rerun as Royal College of Nursing chief admits they gave incorrect pay deal information.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 26 Jul 2018

NHS staff discover they will get hundreds of pounds less than many thought

Nearly a million NHS staff are due to receive a long-awaited pay rise at the end of this month. But new figures released quietly last week have caused fury—and confusion even amongst some unions.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 18 Jul 2018

Don't invoke the NHS to sell a false idea of 'good nationalism'

This isn't 'good nationalism'. This is nationalism - as ever, in an English context - as forgetting. A response to Zoe Williams.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 8 May 2018

An 'NHS tax' is perfect for a 'new centrist party'—stale, regressive and technocratic

National Insurance is regressive. Hypothecating taxes tends to encourage ideas of opt outs & top ups. So why is Liz Kendall promoting these as the 'new consensus' for NHS funding?

By Caroline Molloy

/ 24 Apr 2018