How bloggers exposed Tory ‘EasyCouncil’ where outsourcing is out of control
Barnet council’s audit committee was held in front of a packed room last Thursday – as residents heard a dmaning indictement of the Tory council.
Public Services
SEN funding – backbenchers take the initiative
The independent sector currently provide capacity and expertise for special education needs unavailable in the public sector, cost concerns puts this at risk.
It’s time to wake up to the local government resource review
The review of local government funding hasn’t garnered much public debate but the issue couldn’t be more important for the future of local authorities.
Issues of great concern remain for Lib Dems on NHS reform
Andrew Lansley’s health reforms will be significantly amended, in response to the misgivings expressed by healthcare professionals and many Liberal Democrats.
PMQs cancer row: MacMillan back Miliband
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over welfare reform and its impact on cancer patients at Prime Minister’s Questions, with MacMillan Cancer Research backing Miliband.
Tories: The party of NHS bureaucracy
To Tories bureaucracy is a dirty word, one step from Stalinism; however, to save their much-opposed health reforms, they are turning to bureaucracy in spades.
Despite the policy changes, public still don’t trust Cameron on the NHS
David Cameron, Andrew Lansley and Nick Clegg unveiled the long-awaited changes to the coalition’s health reforms bill – though public support and trust remains low.
Cameron’s NHS U-turn was not a choice but a necessity
David Cameron and his supporters have a tough sell on the NHS bill changes; they have another coalition u-turn written all over them.
The coalition get lost in their own spin cycle on the NHS reforms
The listening exercise report is being released today, and it remains unclear whether Clegg will get his way on the healthcare bill.
Cameron’s NHS speech does nothing to address criticisms of health professionals
Dr. Ron Singer, a practising doctor and member of the Medical Practitioners Union – a part of Unite – on David Cameron’s speech on the NHS reforms last week.