Boris nowhere to be seen in battle to save London’s A&E units
If NHS bosses go through with their proposals, eight Accident and Emergency departments in London will be closing over the next few years, writes Murad Qureshi.
Public Services
Con 2012: What does Jeremy Hunt have in store for the NHS?
Debbie Abrahams MP, PPS to the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and chair of the PLP health committee, looks at what Jeremy Hunt has in store for the NHS.
Con 2012: Comment: Out-of-his-depth Hunt’s speech was one of the worst ever made
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today was one of the worst one ever made by a holder of a major Whitehall department.
We need to save the Cancer Networks: NHS strategy is not bureaucracy
Jill Rutter writes about the need to save the NHS Cancer Networks, arguing NHS strategy is not bureaucracy.
Lab 2012: Twigg attacks “extreme” Gove and outlines “One Nation education” plans
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg today attacked Michael Gove as “extreme and out of touch” in his “One Nation education” Labour conference speech today.
Lab 2012: Stopping Cameron’s great NHS carve-up before it’s too late
Jos Bell reports from Manchester on the health debate at the 2012 Labour Party Conference.
Andrews v Gove – The plot thickens
The ongoing spat between Welsh Education Minister, Leighton Andrews and England’s Education Secretary, Michael Gove deepened yesterday following the announcement in Westminster of reforms to the examination system. Following a public spat between Cardiff Bay and Whitehall which has seentest
The consequences of the tuition fee rise: more empty University places
With a week until the deadline for students to submit their application for university, a third of Britain’s universities still have places to fill, supporting the prediction that a massive hike in tuition fees would deter students from going totest
ANDREWS HINTS AT SEPARATE EXAMS SYSTEM FOR WALES
Wales Education Minister has dropped a heavy hint that Wales could establish its own examination system in the wake of the GCSE marking fiasco. Speaking just days after he ordered the Welsh based exam board, WJEC to remark all Englishtest
Leaked letter deepens GCSE grading row as Parliament hears of “major flaws”
A look at the day’s events regarding the ongoing GCSE grade fall out. With a look at the statements today in the committee and a statement from NUT.