Obama mocks the mad Right and makes the case for the State
President Obama invoked the heroes of the past and delivered a passionate defence of State investment in his Jobs Act speech overnight, reports Shamik Das.
Shamik Das
Britain in the growth slow lane as demand for staff stalls
Yesterday’s Eurostat data on EU growth and this morning’s Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on Jobs contain more depressing news on the economy.
Cameron’s fantasy list of NHS reform backers
David Cameron today claimed the Royal Colleges of GPs, Physicians, and Nurses all support his NHS reforms – a claim at odds with reality that was met with incredulity.
Glasman: Businesses want Labour and the unions to be “partners in growth”
Maurice Glasman says businesses “do not think the coalition government is serious about growth”; they think Labour and the unions should be “partners in growth”.
NUJ: EDL thugs “violently attacked” journalists
The National Union of Journalists has said English Defence League thugs attacked journalists at the weekend in a series of violent assaults, reports Shamik Das.
Guido swallows Tory MP’s NHS spin
Right wing blogger Guido Fawkes appears to have swallowed hook, line and sinker Tory MP Stephen Phillips’s spin on the NHS and attacks on 38 Degrees.
IFS questions Osborne’s “short sighted” failure to invest in science and skills
The Institute for Fiscal Studies today urged the government to invest rapidly in skills and science, to avoid falling further behind rising economies like China.
Reality dawns for Lib Dems who’ll lose out under seat cull plans
Lib Dem and Tory MPs are beginning to wake up to the reality of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act, that will result in 50 fewer seats.
Safe in Cameron’s hands? Waiting times for treatments, tests, and A&E all up
With Parliament set to debate the Health Bill this week, new research shows 1.4 million waiting longer than the target times for treatment, diagnostics and A&E.
Baroness Williams: Coalition “bewitched by a flawed US system”
Shirley Williams still has “huge concerns” over the coalition’s NHS reforms, and says ministers have been “bewitched” by the “flawed” US healthcare system.