Coalition continues being wrong, wrong, wrong on its own tuition fees policy
A look at the latest attempt by the coalition to bribe universities to lower tuition fees, and their history of being unable to predict the effects of policies.
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The best preventative medicine in the world can’t undo the damage of Osborne’s austerity
Dr Tristan Learoyd explains why the coalition’s focus on preventative medicine is a smokescreen for cuts, and is doomed to inefficacy, because of the cuts.
Almost half of Welsh nurses considered leaving posts over past year
Ed Jacobs writes about the crisis forming in Welsh Nursing – half have considered leaving – and covers the work Cafcass Cymru faces to improve its performance.
Scotland needs to get its transport infrastructure in order
Ken Macintosh argues Scotland needs to get its infrastructure in order to send out a clear message it’s a good country to do business in.
Life is already hard for cancer patients. Don’t make it harder
Alex Hern covers the response from Macmillan cancer support to the government’s welfare reform bill, now in the House of Lords.
Will Tories and Lib Dems betray their own words as well as the NHS?
Alex Hern covers Baroness Thorton’s proposed amendment to the NHS bill. Will Tories and Lib Dems betray their own words as well as the NHS?
IFS: Education spending will “shrink” at fastest rate “since at least the 1950s”
A new report today reveals education spending will be slashed by more than 13 per cent over this parliament – the largest cut since at least the fifties.
University applications down 9 per cent on 2011
Dan Ashley writes about the ongoing disaster that is the government’s tuition fee policy; now, they are apparently surprised that applications have gone down.
Like arthritis, Lansley’s NHS bill is attacking the very thing it should protect
Jos Bell writes about the Andrew Lansley’s NHS bill’s failure to deal with complex long term conditions like rheumatoid arthritis in a coherent manner.
Wales calls for second u-turn on coastguard closures as Salmond hits out at Huhne
Carwyn Jones has urged the government to rethink plans to downgrade Wales’s busiest coastguard station in Swansea, while Alex Salmond has attacked Chris Huhne.