Yesterday’s announcement that all 302 Primary Care Trusts in England will be abolished by 2013 with more power given to GPs represents a complete about-turn from the Coalition Agreement of less than two months ago.
News that UK inflation (as measured by the consumer prices index) eased back to 3.2 per cent in June, from 3.4 per cent in May, merits only the smallest of cheers.
Herds of activists dressed as cows infiltrated the capital’s morning commute today to mark a new Friends of the Earth drive for rainforest-free food.
Today a paper published by the Royal Society of Arts argues that we should adapt the first aid or ‘Woolwich model’ to address anti-social behaviour.
Andrew Lansley’s new White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ is being described as “the NHS turned upside down” by a leading health commentator.
City minister Mark Hoban has urged the banking sector to demonstrate the “pay restraint” being demanded of workers in the public and private sector and is considering a permanent tax on the pay and profits of banks.
Writing for the Telegraph, James Kirkup flagged a couple of weeks ago that William Hague has quietly announced cuts to the Foreign Office budget for climate diplomacy.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published an article today showing that it won’t be easy for the Coalition Government to meet the Conservatives’ pre-election pledge to “increase the proportion of tax revenue accounted for by environmental taxes”.
Michael Gove continued to face questions today following the error-ridden announcement last week that the Building Schools for the Future programme would be ended.
Labour’s Shadow Scottish Secretary, Jim Murphy has called on Lib Dems across Scotland to oppose what they themselves described as the Tories VAT bombshell before the general election.
