Genuine opposition or political posturing on A&E closures?
Despite strong opposition in the media and on the ground, Andrew Lansley is still signing off on A&E closures.
Public Services
Lansley’s social care white paper offers very little progress
The social care whipe paper seems to be a case of the government only wanting things their way and not what is best for the people.
Fall in applications undermines government claims fee rise will not deter students
The government has got it totally wrong on higher education funding – it’s time for Labour to propose an alternative.
Almost 600 children treated on adult mental health wards in Wales over past ten years
Over the last 10 years, at least 587 children spent 9,516 bed days on adult wards.
Two children in every classroom go hungry
New research has today revealed that two children in every classroom are going hungry due to failures at home.
The “Missing Middle” – why we need school commissioners
Free schools are currently operating as an expensive ‘unguided missile’ in the school system with little rhyme or reason as to where they are permitted.
IFS: NHS budget squeeze set to last “at least a decade”
The NHS, which David Cameron promised was “safe in my hands”, faces a budget squeeze unparallelled in more than half a century.
Two decades on, Labour consider returning the railways to public ownership
Labour support a new report, backed by major trade unions, which calls for the renationalisation of Britain’s railways to tackle rising fares and poor service.
One of Gove’s free schools gets only 37 applications for September
A free school that hoped to cater for 300 students has only received 37 applications for the upcoming school year
Flogging Olympic broadcasting rights to the highest bidder
DCMS ringfences free-to-air broadcast of the Olympics, yet the IOC expect bids from pay TV broadcasters for the 2016 Games. What do they know that we don’t?