Public Services
Sell! Sell! Sell! Think tank urges coalition to privatise almost everything
Free-market think tank the Adam Smith Institute today published a report advocating the privatisation of, well, practically everything, reports Liam Thompson.
Royal Mail and the Post Office are not “separate and distinct businesses”
The government claims Royal Mail and the Post Office are “separate and distinct businesses” This is not true; they are part of the same state owned business.
Localism or a postcode lottery?
The ‘bonfire of quangos’ may or may not lead to centralisation or deregulation depending on circumstance.
National standards in health and care ‘not our role’ says Coalition
Labour must define itself by defending a core level of service quality - putting back the National back into the NHS, and a new National Care Service as well.
Don’t turn your back on universities, Vince – invest in them to tackle the deficit
Universities need to be invested in; rewards include tackling the national debt in the short term while ensuring we have a highly skilled, high growth economy.
Why Lord Browne has got his numbers wrong
Lord Browne should check his numbers before giving advice to make universities so expensive that it will put off talented people from poor backgrounds.