It looks like the UK Swiss tax deal is in trouble
Monday, January 23rd, 2012For the second time this morning, I pick up a significant change in sentiment in a news story that suggests real change is afoot. First it was the NHS, now it
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Is the narrative of the NHS reform bill changing?
Monday, January 23rd, 2012It’s not the substance of the following report in the FT on NHS reform that is interesting, it is the form of wording used: As
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The NHS reorganisation in a nutshell
Thursday, January 19th, 2012I liked this succinct comment on the blog this morning with regard to the reorganisation of the NHS.: Doctors are being put in charge of budgets where they
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All you needed to know about NHS reform is that the rating agencies are going to assess success
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Many of us have argued for a long time that the Tories are privatising the NHS. They of course deny it. But the new that
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Miliband has no choice: he has to fight the Blairites in the interests of the people of this country
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012Seamus Milne has argued in the Guardian this morning that: For the past fortnight the Labour leader has faced a barrage of open or thinly
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Bevan's Run - and the failed politics of NHS privatisation
Monday, January 9th, 2012Clive Peedell is Co-chair of the NHS Consultants’ Association and a member of the BMA Council and BMA Political board. He’s also a first rate campaigner
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Why the NHS cannot be replaced by the market
Thursday, December 29th, 2011There is much discussion on my Twitter feed this morning on the NHS. My argument on why we cannot afford competition in the supply of healthcare in
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Enclosing the state for private gain
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011As I’ve mentioned already this morning, I am spending much of today in Norwich. One reason why is that today marks the anniversary of the
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Merkel and Sarkozy want to turn out the left wing lights over Europe
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011The Merkel and Sarkozy plan for Europe, agreed yesterday, will according to Reuters: [P]ermit automatic sanctions against states that breach an existing deficit limit of no
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