Big Society faith based partners must be subject to scrutiny
Where can the government find willing community workers outside the public sector? Answer: religious groups. However, that brings difficult questions in itself.
Public Services
Can the Oxford Dons turn the tide in the Higher Education debate?
Next Tuesday hundreds of Oxford academics will debate and vote on a motion of no confidence in the policies of the Universities’ minister David Willetts.
Lib Dems *will* deliver significant changes to NHS reforms
Andrew Lansley’s misguided NHS reforms that the Health and Social Care Bill look set to be recommitted to Parliament, writes Dr Prateek Buch of the Social Liberal Forum.
King’s Fund apologise for “error” in figures on health spending in Wales
Health think tank The King’s Fund has been forced to write to the Welsh government to apologise for errors in figures it produced on health spending in Wales.
How can LIFE advise on the implementation of policies they don’t believe in?
The news that anti-abortionists LIFE have been appointed to the new government advisory group on sexual health is a serious wake-up call for all who belive in liberty.
Health reform backers’ agenda: Cut the front line, introduce upfront payments
The real agenda of the backers of Andrew Lansley’s ill thought out health reforms is to cut the front line and introduce upfront payments, writes Daniel Elton.
Healey: “Cameron is a PR man looking for a PR answer”
Shadow health secretary John Healey criticised the prime minister today over the government’s response to its own NHS plans, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
Health bill’s competition clauses are tantamount to privatisation
Should full-blown competition be introduced into the NHS we may see consequences that are tantamount to privatisation is all but name, writes Prateek Buch.
Government leaning dangerously towards anti-abortion groups
We must not underestimate the news that the government has appointed anti-abortion group Life to their advisory group on sexual health, writes shadow health minister Diane Abbott.
Lansley and Clegg still aren’t listening on the NHS – make them
David Babbs, Executive Director of 38 Degrees, writes about the lack of listening being undertaken by Andrew Lansley and Nick Clegg over the government’s health reforms.