The third sector has become so bloated that a government of genuine reforming zeal would be better off culling its funding in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, this approach does not tally with Starmer’s lawyerly, forensic view of government.
Labour’s new intake resent even having to sit in the Commons and pretend to listen to what others are saying in ‘debates’. What is their real appetite for taking back control of the quasi-autonomous state?
Departments have not shrunk as power has gone to ALBs. Instead there is one group of officials working in the ALB and another group in the Whitehall Department assessing how they are doing.
The Darzi report is an opportunity, perhaps for the first time in the history of the NHS, for all MPs to come together in order to improve care for all constituents.
Over the last decade, Conservatives have been self-conscious because of polling showing a lack of public trust in their handling of the NHS, resulting in an under-critical policy approach.
If an independent review cannot create the space for radicalism, then NHS England will be unlikely to yield anything better.
The fourth part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.
Work on the Health and Care Bill began in 2019, before the pandemic. It must reflect how conditions have changed.
Ministers cannot afford to get complacent – here are the steps they should take to prepare.
A move from Ken Clarke to Aneurin Bevan would not only risk harming the NHS, but miss the real target of reform: social care.
The Government should engage local authorities and the 10,000 military personnel held at high readiness to provide increased resilience.
Conservatives know that true compassion is measured not in management charts but in minutes saved for patients, and that every pound wasted on administration is a pound stolen from healing.