Lansley’s links with health insurance industry
2020Health, the centre right think tank with close links to health secretary Andrew Lansley, is chaired by the CEO of a huge global network of health insurers.
Yearly Archives: 2010
City bonuses set to rise following withdrawal of payroll tax
A new study has shown that Alistair Darling’s ‘bankers’ bonus tax’ reduced the amount paid out in City bonuses, reports Left Foot Forward’s Claire French.
Derry bomb: McGuinness condemns “neanderthals” in visit to Tory conf.
Martin McGuinness today condemned as “neanderthals” and “conflict junkies” the dissident Republicans responsible for last night’s car bomb in Derry.
UK should look to US to better understand the ‘squeezed middle’ question
Britain should heed the lessons of the US when understanding what has gone wrong for the ‘squeezed middle’, argues Harvard research associate Sophia Parker.
Ten policy headaches for the government on child benefit
Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Fabian Society, outlines ten policy headaches for David Cameron and George Osborne over the changes to Child Benefit.
Does the Harlem Children’s Zone really deliver?
Left Foot Forward’s Gen Maitland Hudson takes a closer look at the Harlem Children’s Zone to see just whether the cradle to college ‘pipeline’ really delivers.
Hancock breaks ranks with attack on Equality Act
Tory MP Matthew Hancock launched an attack on the Equality Act at the Conservative party conference yesterday – just days after Theresa May praised it.
Coalition NHS reforms may lead to serious pressures on clinical freedom
Under the coalition’s planned NHS reforms GPs could find themselves with serious headaches, with serious pressures on clinical freedom and financial viability.
Censored? Media silence over latest Coulson claims
Tonight’s Dispatches programme, to be screened at 8:00 on Channel Four, makes further allegations against David Cameron – yet the media has hardly reported it.
Not so tough, not so fair: The coalition cannot be trusted on welfare reform
Mr Osborne’s attack today on out-of-work benefits and his rhetoric on ‘fair play’ lack credibility, and mean the coalition cannot be trusted on welfare reform.