David Cameron is strangling the NHS. One promise doesn’t change that
Despite Cameron’s GP pledge, the National Health Service looks as precarious as ever in Tory hands.
Public Services
Fiddling with flower pots – why real democracy means public ownership
Voters would be more likely to vote for a party that promotes public ownership by a ratio of 4:1.
Will Labour’s lofty NHS plans fall down a cash black hole?
Labour’s NHS plans sound interesting at first view. But can they survive the pressures on the health service?
TTIP free trade deal hit by fresh blow
Momentum against TTIP is building on both sides of the Atlantic.
It’s time to stand up for our NHS
The transfer of cancer care services to the private sector, says Rob Flello MP, reminds us that with the NHS there is a lot to stand up for
The chancellor’s vision of a northern powerhouse is a world away from the Department for Transport’s cost-cutting agenda
The chancellor should use his Autumn Statement to set out firm plans for major investment in the north’s rail infrastructure.
Terrorist toddlers: no change at the Department for Education, then
There is a real cohesion problem Nicky Morgan hasn’t addressed, and it isn’t Trojan horse nurseries.
Tuition fees set to rise again under new proposals
The NUS has called it the “latest in a long line of disappointing revelations”.
The Sun: preparing its readership for NHS privatisation
The NHS is in ‘crisis’, according to today’s Sun. But is it really? Or at least, is it in the way the Sun is arguing?
Outsourcing child protection services is not the answer
The competitive process has not delivered value for anyone.