Health
Grassroots Lib Dems expect Clegg and Burstow to deliver on changing NHS reforms
Liberal Democrats have left with a with a clear direction of travel on NHS for both the Party's leadership.
Lib Dem grassroots seek to protect NHS
Lib Dem activists at the party's spring conference will be speak out against NHS plans that go against either established party policy, democratically agreed upon at previous conferences, or our values.
Government is right to take action on tobacco packaging
Pretty much everybody apart from hard-right Tory backbencher Philip Davies and groups funded by the tobacco industry support the government's plans on tobacco advertising.
Holyrood vote exposes Tory splits on free prescriptions
The decision by MSPs to provide for free prescriptions north of the border not only sees the enactment of a key SNP manifesto pledge, but highlights the divisions within the UK Conservative party on the issue of free prescriptions.
Healey seeks clarity on Lansley’s plans to turn NHS into a “genuine” market
Shadow health secretary John Healey MP to the Secretary of State Andrew Lansley MP seeking clarity on the coalition's plans to turn the NHS into a "genuine" market with price competition.
A concerted policy effort can bring down teen pregnancy rates, new stats show
We need to be careful about always seeing teenage pregnancy as a social evil, writes Kate Bell, former Director of Policy Advice and Communications at Gingerbread.