Labour’s plan for Britain is austerity piled high
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023Keir Starmer has a deeply depressing article in The Telegraph this morning. He began by talking about: It is in this sense of public service
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Professionals engaged in our public services want minumum service levels and know that it is austerity that is preventing their delivery
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023I was intrigued by an article in School Week that was out yesterday. Asd they noted: School leaders have slammed the government’s “sham” anti-strike consultation
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Is Sunak doing all he can to avoid the issue?
Monday, November 6th, 2023Roy Lilley is an experienced (by which I mean old enough to be retired) NHS manager who writes a daily email on health management-related issues
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A recent history of the NHS
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023Jonathan Pie on the NHS, cutting through the crap in his own distinctive style:
Wages are finally rising faster than infaltion - and so the Bank of England sends out warning signals of new rate rises
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning: Annual growth in regular pay (excluding bonuses) was 7.8% in June to August 2023, similar
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The number of NHS beds has fallen despite the government promising to increase them
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023I think this tweet and the linked report in The Times from yesterday says all that we need to know about this government’s attitude towards
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Isn't it time to be radical?
Monday, October 16th, 2023As is my usual habit, I have been listening to a variety of debate programmes, such as Question Time, Any Questions and Debate Night in
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The Tories might have lost the plot, but the fact is that Starmer still needs to find one, and very quickly
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023There is a slight feeling of a déjà vu about this post. For the second time in a week, I was booked to appear on
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Reeves is promising to fail
Sunday, October 8th, 2023The Labour Party was socialist, once upon a time. This was Clause IV of its constitution as drafted by the Webbs in 1917: To secure
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