September 2011
The two faces of NHS reform
Health minister Lord Howe told private healthcare execs the NHS reforms create “genuine opportunities” for the private sector to take over large chunks of the NHS.
Britain in the growth slow lane as demand for staff stalls
Yesterday's Eurostat data on EU growth and this morning's Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on Jobs contain more depressing news on the economy.
Cameron’s fantasy list of NHS reform backers
David Cameron today claimed the Royal Colleges of GPs, Physicians, and Nurses all support his NHS reforms - a claim at odds with reality that was met with incredulity.
Glasman: Businesses want Labour and the unions to be “partners in growth”
Maurice Glasman says businesses “do not think the coalition government is serious about growth”; they think Labour and the unions should be “partners in growth”.
Cuts threaten to “destroy BBC Wales” claim NUJ
The National Union of Journalists has told Left Foot Forward reductions to programming threaten to “destroy BBC Wales as a separate entity”, reports Ed Jacobs.
Grassroots Lib Dems: The current bill dismantles the NHS
The Social Liberal Forum calls for a clearer duty to provide on behalf of the health minister, a curbing of the national commissioning baord to promote choice, making GP consortia more accountable and the retention of the cap on private treatment.