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.
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Where did our money go? Building a banking system fit for purpose
The new economics foundation report, out today, seeks some answers and the first thing they found is that it is very difficult to find out where our money went.
How Labour prevented a Tory majority
Labour’s election defeat was severe. But incumbency, the length of the campaign, and a handful of paid organisers made the difference between a Tory majority and a hung parliament.
Give the international student market the credit it deserves
The Economist has stated that in 2008 the international student market was worth £2.9 billion in fees and another £2.3 billion in spending to the UK economy.
Community campaigning is Labour’s messy future
Our guest writer is Dr Jon Wilson, senior lecturer in British Imperial and South Asian history at King’s College, London. Local community campaigning is messy; there is no right or wrong way to do it. It forces us to fundamentallytest
Ethnic minority candidates still suffering at the polls
Perhaps because the general election saw an increase in the overall number of MPs from ethnic minority backgrounds, little attention has been paid to patterns in the constituency results that suggest white voters are still somewhat reluctant to support minority candidates.
Kate Green: Govt. “intent on demolishing the welfare state”
The Big Society has its limits. Only the state can really redistribute wealth to lift people out of poverty, argues Labour MP Kate Green.
Billy Bragg: Mr Miliband must be brave and bold on voting reform
Billy Bragg, in an exclusive article for Left Foot Forward, argues that the new Labour leader Mr Miliband must be brave and bold on the AV referendum next year.
Being a career politician now seems like the only route to the top
Ed Miliband joins David Cameron in being elected party leader after only one term in the Commons – while Nick Clegg became leader after only two years.
Time to shift the climate debate on to renewables
Climate scepticism is not really the main problem; far more challenging is the ‘climate agnosticism’, writes Reg Platt, climate change researcher at ippr.