NHS Check website exposes Lansley’s “no rationing” claims
Earlier this week, Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, described the NHS as “a super tanker heading for an iceberg”.
Public Services
Cuts to the NHS are triggering higher costs and severe consequences elsewhere
Care for those who are denied treatment costs more than if the procedures were carried out.
Gove must stop seeing the British education system as part of a global qualifications race
News of education secretary Michael Gove’s plans to scrap GCSEs made headlines this morning and the story warrants some unpicking.
Wales education minister: Gove’s way of announcing GCSE reforms was “bonkers”
Education secretary Michael Gove wants to scrap the national curriculum and bring back exam systems from the past, to the anger of the Welsh education minister.
Hungry pupils? Well, the government did scrap plans for 500,000 free school meals
Today’s shocking stats from the Guardian are bad news for the government, who scrapped plans for free school meals for 500,000 children.
The NHS crisis: A spotter’s guide
Pastygate, Leveson and the local election results have kept the NHS out of the headlines. For now.
Government has “no hope” of reaching its target on reducing child poverty
It has been clear for months that the government has no hope of meeting its legal target on reducing child poverty.
Why do ministers refuse to invest in a housing boost that would be great for the economy?
Housing boost would be great for the economy, so why are the government refusing to invest?
The two graphs that show why the Tories are not trusted on the NHS
“The proportion of people saying they were satisfied with the way the NHS is run has fallen from 70 per cent in 2010 to 58 per cent last year – the biggest drop recorded since the survey began almost 30 years ago.
Gove doesn’t like bureaucratic interference unless it’s his bureaucratic interference
The Education Secretary has hitherto opposed government intervention in the classroom; now he wants sweeping reforms of the primary curriculum. How come?