Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quickly
Thursday, May 25th, 2023Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, explained her vision for the UK economy to the Peterson Institute in Washington DC, yesterday. You can watch the whole
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Labour’s NHS plan suggests it has a great deal more thinking to do as yet - and time is running out
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023I am aware that I am a bit like a broken record when it come to criticising Labour right now, but it seems to be
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The NHS in England is not being allowed to recruit new staff
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023The Health Service Journal reported yesterday that: NHS England has told many trusts and systems they are not allowed to increase their staffing establishment in
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The BBC should, in the interests of objective reporting, present a balanced view on the national debt
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023How wrong can the BBC be about money? It seems that the answer is ‘Quite dramatically wrong’. I offer as evidence an article on the
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We can have a better NHS, but not without spending a lot more money on it and Wes Streeting should be honest about that
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s shadow Health Secretary announced his plans for NHS reform last Friday, but you have to work very hard to find any
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Stephen Hawking on the NHS
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023Roger Gartland, who is a reader of this blog, shared with me yesterday the notes he made from a speech made by Professor Stephen Hawking
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The public like public services, and the resulting tax bills
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023I think this introduction to a chapter in the most recent British Social Attitudes survey is so significant that I am sharing it in full:
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Labour is making a complete fool of itself on its NHS promises
Monday, April 17th, 2023Labour are continuing to make complete and utter fools of themselves, this time on the NHS: This is total nonsense. Doubling the number of doctors
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The NHS can be properly funded. Anyone claiming otherwise is just not telling the truth
Monday, April 17th, 2023Government ministers claim that the country cannot afford a fair settlement for the NHS, teachers and other essential public sector workers. They would apparently prefer
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