Not giving enough to a government owned agency to enable it to do its job is not a measure of market failure: it's a measure of under-resourcing.
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Economia magazine has reported: The government’s Insolvency Service is on the verge of becoming insolvent, according to reports The group needed an emergency injection of
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I oppose austerity because it destroys hope
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013This is the Conservative right wing dream for the UK: Republicans in the US House of Representatives are set to unveil a staunchly conservative fiscal
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So what's going to be on Question Time tonight?
Thursday, March 7th, 2013I am the ‘Extra Guest’ on BBC’s Question Time tonight. That does not mean you will see me on the panel on televsion – it
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As Serco proves, if there's one change the #NHS needs it's that the market be taken out of it
Thursday, March 7th, 2013As the Guardian reports this morning: Serco, the leading private contractor of government services, fiddled its data when reporting to the NHS on targets it had failed to meet,
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The Cowardly State is in disarray: we need the Courageous alternative
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013In my book The Courageous State I described Cameron’s government as a perfect example of cowardly politics. As I put it in the introduction: Cameron
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The #NHS is being privatised. What are you doing to stop it?
Monday, March 4th, 2013Clive Peedell is a man for whom I have a lot of time. A founder of the NHS Action party, a consultant in Middlesborough and
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The lessons of Eastleigh
Friday, March 1st, 2013I have to admit to surprise at the Eastleigh election result. I did not think the Lib Dems could hold on. I thought the Tories
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Is HMRC institutionally biased? It's a question that needs to be answered
Friday, February 22nd, 2013I have commented on the surprising choice of names of those making settlement with HMRC, published yesterday. Ivan Horrocks of the Open University, a regular
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There is a reason why some NHS services are failing: it's called money
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012The Guardian reports this morning that: The largest private provider of NHS out-of-hours GP services is facing allegations by senior doctors that its service in London is so short-staffed
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