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Public Services

NHS in crisis: Government misses A&E waiting time target for twentieth week in a row

James Bloodworth
20 February, 2015

NHS accident and emergency departments in England failed to meet a government target of seeing 95 per cent patients within four hours for the twentieth week in a row

Privatised energy has failed – we need to take back the power

Morten Thaysen
19 February, 2015

While the Big Six’s profits from us increased fivefold from 2009-2013, one in four people struggle to pay their extortionate fuel bills

Cost of childcare has risen by 33 per cent since 2010

Ruby Stockham
19 February, 2015

Parents are paying £1,533 more for nursery places than at the start of this parliament

More cuts risk leaving tube staff ‘dangerously isolated’ after jump in assaults

Val Shawcross
18 February, 2015

Assaults on London Underground employees have risen by 44 per cent, coinciding with staff cuts

Postal strike

The perils of privatisation – and a first step out of the mess

Pierre Marshall
17 February, 2015

History has shown us what happens when public services fall under the control of greedy corporations – let’s not let it happen again

State owned East Coast has best passenger satisfaction of any long-distance rail franchise

Ruby Stockham
16 February, 2015

Seven large train operators score satisfaction rates of less than 50 per cent

London’s emergency services risk becoming the casualty of cuts

Joanne McCartney
13 February, 2015

Emergency services are buckling under the pressure of cuts, and Londoners are starting to feel unsafe

Miliband revives Blair’s class size pledge

Ruby Stockham
12 February, 2015

Labour blames growing primary school classes on Tory free school policy

There’s no evidence academy schools raise standards. But was that even their purpose?

Annie Powell
8 February, 2015

The education select committee has undermined the entire basis of the coalition’s education policy

Is there a staffing crisis in the NHS?

Matt Dykes
7 February, 2015

As with NHS funding, the government’s claims on staffing require close scrutiny

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