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Coalition NHS waiting time target missed for 50th week in a row
The government’s target for 95 per cent of patients to spend less than for hours waiting has been missed for the 50th week in a row.
Coalition Britain: hungry children eating out of bins
Hungry children in Stoke-on-Trent have been rummaging through bins looking for something to eat.
The government’s overall objective should be simple: zero hunger
Food poverty is an extreme example of what happens when the welfare system breaks down.
We’re still failing victims of FGM
Why has France successfully prosecuted over 100 criminals relating to FGM while the UK will make its first prosecution this year?
Private school kids will earn £200,000 more
Children who attend private school will earn almost £200,000 more that state school pupils in the first 16 years of their career.
It’s official: the immigration clampdown is hurting British business
Pandering to anti-migrant sentiment is hurting the British economy.
Why growth alone is no longer enough – Ed Miliband sets out ‘inclusive prosperity’
Miliband’s challenge will be persuading people that government can make a difference without simply throwing money at things.
Beyond the market: a new agenda for public services
Moving beyond the market need not mean turning back the clock to a highly centralised state-run model.
Rather than handing young adults to private companies, the government should look at what actually works
The government wants to push young adult offenders into a probation service modelled on the failed work programme.
Unionists have reason to be cheery
Alex Salmond’s dream of an independent Scotland could be slipping through his fingers.