Author Archives: Ed Jacobs

First minister warns of pain to come in Wales

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 23, 2013

The first minister of Wales has issued a stark warning of painful financial decisions to come ahead of George Osborne’s spending review at the end of next month.

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An open letter to the next chief executive of NHS England

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 22, 2013

To Whom it May Concern,

Congratulations on your appointment as the next chief executive of NHS England. You take over an organisation in a volatile state, facing funding cuts, despite the government’s rhetoric.

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SNP deaf to economic issues that really matter

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 21, 2013

All of a sudden, the debate around Scotland’s future has gained the kind of substance that many have been yearning for.

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Prospect of EU exit boosts support for Scottish Independence

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 20, 2013

With the CBI having already warned of the risks to industry of Britain no longer being at the heart of the European Union, a further uncomfortable truth surrounding the Conservative Party’s increasingly isolationist rhetoric is now becoming apparent.

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Scotland’s big beasts go head to head (sort of) over independence

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 13, 2013

Two of Scotland’s biggest political beasts will be pitched against each other later today in the debate over the country’s future.

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Support for Scottish independence declines again

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 9, 2013

Polling published today by Ipsos Mori for The Times suggests that the SNP’s independence headache continues as support for Scotland staying in the UK has increased to its highest level since August 2011.

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Hain has dig at shadow cabinet

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 8, 2013

One of Ed Miliband’s closest supporters has called on the Labour Party to up its game with a less than coded attack on members of the shadow cabinet who are failing to pull their wait.

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Welfare reforms ‘Kafkaesque’ say Scottish doctors

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 6, 2013

Doctors across Scotland have attacked the operation of the government’s welfare to work health assessments as “Kafkaesque”, with GP leaders warning that Scottish doctors are being “flooded with additional avoidable work”.

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Scottish council tax freeze benefits rich at expense of the poor

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 2, 2013

Scotland’s council tax freeze is harming local public services and benefiting the wealthy the most, undermining the Scottish government’s assertion that the policy is a “vital lifeline to hard pressed Scots”.

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Ireland edges closer to limited, legal abortions

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 1, 2013

Ireland has begun to tread the path towards legalising abortions in certain strict circumstances. The decision, reached last night by the Irish cabinet, follows the death last year of Savita Halappanavar.

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