Recent months have seen three debates in parliament about NHS privatisation. The first in Westminster Hall (23 April) the second and third in the Commons, on Subsidiary Companies (20 March) …
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We are adding our voices to the call for NHS campaigners to be outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week, 9am, Wednesday and Thursday, 23 & 24 May to …
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There are pressing reasons for understanding a bit about how our tax system works and very specifically what National Insurance is. NI is used as successive governments’ tax increase of …
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England’s 44 Sustainability & Transformation footprints Reprinted, unedited, with kind permission of the author, this blog was originally published on the Cost of Living website and was written by Adrian …
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We are used to seeing catastrophic headlines and quotes about the NHS and social care, but it is never very clear exactly what is envisaged in the warnings. At what …
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What is ‘the economy’? If you listened to George Osborne, or every Chancellor since 1979, you would be forgiven for gaining the impression that it is all about ‘debt’ and …
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At approximately 2000 words this is a long read. It is designed to be read without needing to click through the links, but they will provide evidence and/or context to …
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It is both a sobering thought and a salutary warning that on the day we were setting up our first blog a tower block in London went up in flames, …
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