January 2011
Lansley’s pledge on cancer – more headlines over substance?
Dr Asif Sange believes the practicalities of Andrew Lansley's pledge to give GPs more access to direct diagnostic tests needs to be examined in further detail.
Three-quarters of English pupils to face funding cut
Seventy five per cent of state school students in England face a funding cut in 2011/12, with the figure for the south east and south west up to 90 per cent.
IDS is (st)at it again
Iain Duncan Smith has once again mislead the House of Commons. He was forced to correct the record on housing benefit statistics.
Universal Credit – we still haven’t been told who will lose
It is still very far from certain whether the government's Universal Credit proposals will be able to deliver its aim of a simpler, less complex welfare system.
AV and constituency redrawing bill risks “consitutional car crash”
The Parliamentary Voting System & Constituency Bill caused fresh controversy last night with the threat of an unprecedented House of Lords guillotine motion.
Secession in South Sudan is a milestone, not a panacea
Despite cautious reason for optimism, a vote on secession should be viewed as a start towards peace for the South, not its culmination, writes Stephen Twigg.