Miliband goes on attack as fight to save the NHS stepped up
Ed Miliband will step up the war of words over the coalition’s health reforms today, warning 6,000 nursing jobs are at risk unless the health bill is defeated.
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GP in Cameron’s constituency: “Nobody supports the NHS changes”
A doctor in David Cameron’s Witney constituency has said “things are going to fail, hospitals will close” as a result of the health and social care bill.
As National Libraries Day nears, our libraries remain under threat
Alex Hern reports on the launch of “Vision for a 21st-Century Library” by the shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis Labour culture team.
University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students
Sally Hunt examines UCAS’s latest round of figures for university applications, and asks what they mean for the future of British higher education
Fact Check fact checked: London’s fares CAN be cut
Tom Copley fact checks Channel Four’s Fact Check, and finds that they are buying TfL’s spin hook, line and sinker.
Thames Water gets nationalised (by the Chinese)
Alex Hern asks why the public sector is fine for this government – so long as it’s the Chinese public sector
The five reasons why the NHS bill is still being opposed
Alex Hern presents the five worst things still in the coalition government’s anti-NHS health and social care bill.
Children’s commissioner slams welfare bill
Alex Hern reveals that the Children’s Commissioner has slammed the welfare reform bill.
All signals are go for HS2
Alex Hern reports on transport secretary Justine Greening’s approval of HS2 High Speed Rail today.
Boris’s electric vehicle boasts are an inverted pyramid of piffle
Darren Johnson shows how consistently wrong the mayor’s claims about electric vehicles has been.