Mid Staffs 3) Extracts from a witness statement to the Francis Inquiry
As Labour claim that only they can be trusted with the NHS, we reproduce extracts from the statement of the son of a Mid-Staffs patient.
Daniel Hannan MEP: Nine myths about the EU
An exercise in demolition.
Henry Hill: Clegg pledges to take the fight to nationalists in Wales and Scotland
Also: UUP have grave doubts about new NI deal; Murphy’s deputy very happy to work with the SNP; and NI Conservatives choose East Belfast candidate.
Lord Ashcroft: No predictions from me – but here’s a whole gallery of snapshots
I launch today a new section of my website featuring an index of the 114 seats I have surveyed since last May.
Pritchard is cleared – now Bercow must account for his behaviour
The Speaker’s ill-judged intervention in the case is the latest in a long series of serious errors on his part.
Trust and doubt swing the spending battle in Osborne’s favour
The Chancellor’s cunning strategy forced Labour onto weak territory – and into alienating their own core vote.
Rebecca Coulson: Things are looking up, up North
Labour doesn’t own the North – it never did – and Conservatives can win here.
Esther McVey MP: We must ensure the employment revolution reaches everyone
2014 was a record-breaking year. Now we’re pushing further to ensure over 50s get the support they need to get back into work.
The two women fighting over the future of Europe
Angela Merkel versus Marine Le Pen.
Mid Staffs 1) Extracts from a witness statement to the Francis Inquiry
As Labour claim that only they can be trusted with the NHS, we reproduce extracts from the statement of the daughter of a patient treated at Mid Staffordshire Hospital in 2005.
Labour wins more seats. The Conservatives win more votes. What price electoral reform?
The longer no party can gain no more than about a third of a vote, the louder the debate about changing the system will become.
Owen Paterson MP: Why UKIP is wrong about immigration
The key to controlling, and achieving a balanced immigration policy, is to repeal the Human Rights Act and remain within the EAA.
Charlotte Leslie: The case for hospital managers who risk patient safety paying a penalty themselves
Senior NHS Trust managers enjoy private sector salaries and pensions but none of the private sector risk. This must change.
Alistair Burt MP: The strange silence of British politicians over Merkel’s confrontation of extremism
Why have our leaders not echoed her condemnation of it?
It’s time for the Centre-Right media to get serious about spending cuts
How the deficit is to be reduced matters far, far more than how it is calculated.