Seven ways government could work better – and why it must
Roz Savage sets out how government in the UK could be improved
Reform UK’s would-be Scottish leader linked to calls to introduce charges for NHS patients
Malcolm Offord edited a paper which urged a “dialogue” on introducing charges in the NHS and rolling back on free prescriptions in Scotland.
Reform UK support drops to nine-month low in new YouGov poll
“It is part of a broad downwards trend in Reform support”
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The Mayor’s long-goodbye to London begins
Today the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, set out his ‘2020 Vision’ report for the capital. The report launch is the beginning of Boris Johnson’s long-goodbye to London as his attention increasingly turns elsewhere.
How the European Union is saving us from Prism
In a piece for Slate magazine, Matt Yglesias has pointed out a potential problem for Eurosceptics on the back of the Prism surveillance scandal. Essentially, the European Union is acting as a bulwark against American attempts to snoop on the browsing habits of us Europeans.
Did the welfare bill really get out of control under Labour?
The idea that social security spending got out of control under Labour isn’t really backed up by Department of Work and Pensions evidence.
I believe in the state, but not the feral form that’s spying on us
Those who hate the state love leaks of the sort The Guardian has been publishing. They justify their ‘Big Brother’ view of all that is supposedly bad about government.
Mid-Staffordshire: Why the police investigation must not target powerless NHS workers
Labour was in government during the period in which the Mid–Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust presided over the abuse and neglect of thousands of patients, leading to many deaths.
‘Enough is enough’ – Wales’s message to Osborne
In the latest instalment of Labour’s on-going expectation’s management effort to level with the public about what it can and can’t achieve in such a difficult financial environment, Carwyn Jones who, as first minister of Wales remains the leader of the only Labour government in the country, has warned of further cuts to come to unprotected budgets.
Severn Barrage: Over to the government
Today’s Energy Select Committee Report on the Severn Barrage is disappointing. The Committee are clear that they would support the creation of the Barrage on the Severn estuary subject to the fulfilment of certain environmental, social and economic criteria.
Family Migration: Brits lose out when policy is led by blunt targets
The government’s decision to impose an income requirement suggests that the true motivation is simply to reduce numbers, as every British family ‘stuck’ abroad, or separated, helps to reduce net migration.
Labour tax scandal donor is Taxpayers’ Alliance champion
A businessman who donated £1.65m to the Labour Party is also a major trustee of a charity which has funded the Taxpayers’ Alliance to the tune of over million pounds since 2008.
Religion poisons everything? Greater acceptance of homosexuality in more secular countries
Across the world attitudes towards homosexuality roughly correlate to how wealthy and secular a country is, according to Pew Research’s Global Attitudes Project.