Public Services
Taxpayers’ Alliance attack NHS communications – just as government reprieves services
The Taxpayers Alliance is attacking Central London NHS trusts's decision to recruit a top level professional to lead communications - even though it may make a difference between life and death
Even Tory voters want cuts to be temporary
A large majority of the general public - and a slim majority of Tory voters, do not want to see the size of the state shrink and cuts to be reversed at some point
Could the next Scotland Yard chief come from Scotland?
The Chief Constable of Strathclyde, Stephen House, has support across the political spectrum in Scotland, as well as in London, for the top job at the Metropolitan Police
The widening gap between the educational haves and have nots
Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union, on a new report showing "Two Britains", with the gap between the haves and have nots widening.
What the university access agreements won’t deliver
Usman Ali, National Union of Students (NUS) Vice President (Higher Education), writes of the flaws in the university access agreements, unveiled this week.
Cameron’s public services white paper lacks strategy and direction
The open public services white paper has no big idea - its just a jumble of wonkish fads, writes Dexter Whitfield, director of the European Services Strategy Unit.