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Public Services

Miliband attacks “chaos, confusion and damage” of Cameron’s NHS tinkering

Shamik Das
7 June, 2011

Labour leader Ed Miliband will go on the attack over the coalition’s ill thought out NHS reforms today – as the prime minister and health secretary seek to defend those reforms.

Kings College Cambridge

Time for a re-distribution of academic wealth

6 June, 2011

If distinguished academics were “incentivised” to move between universities – similar to a Teach First scheme – other places could be new Oxbridge’s.

Grant Shapps MP

Government spin on so-called “rich” social housing tenants exposed

Kevin Gulliver
6 June, 2011

Contradictory government messages claim social housing is a repository for the workless while also seeking to rid social housing of tenants with higher incomes

Lansley’s ‘Quality Premium’ raises further concern over the health bill

3 June, 2011

Dr. Charles West, who has been a GP and an NHS manager, writes about the latest potential conflicts of interest over the health bill – namely the ‘Quality Premium’.

We are a long way from getting it right on outsourcing

Dominic Browne
3 June, 2011

As the government plans to outsource unprecedented amounts of the NHS the practice seems to be in crisis, with society’s most vulnerable the inevitable victims.

Social Housing

Two Labour traditions can come together in social housing

Kevin Gulliver
1 June, 2011

A new Labour project for government must call upon both its major traditions – mutual as well as Fabian – to create an attractive synthesis, writes Kevin Gulliver.

The social care system is at breaking point and needs reform

1 June, 2011

Age UK, with an alliance of health charities, is calling on all three main party leaders to put aside their political differences and work to reform social care.

Coalition policy is a programme not for social mobility but for social engineering

Sally Hunt
1 June, 2011

Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, writes about how the coalition’s policies are a programme for social engineering – not social mobility.

So who backs Lansley’s health reforms then?

Dominic Browne
1 June, 2011

“Some good news” for health secretary Andrew Lansley this morning: another group of people back his NHS reforms… the bankers! This brings the tally to three.

Cameron’s constituency misses out as coalition stops listening on NHS reforms

Dominic Browne
31 May, 2011

NHS Oxfordshire, the Primary Care Trust covering David Cameron’s constituency of Witney, told us they have not organised a single listening even.

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