The Government is poised to reverse the trend to competition rather than collaboration that has marked healthcare policy for 30 years.
The Chancellor is groping his way, knowing well that the future is unknowable, trying to hold on to as much of the past as he can.
Never underestimate the power of Labour. Its message of helping the underdog and the poor is enduring, still popular and extremely potent.
We have a dominating centre and compliant Ministers. The Education Secretary was given his marching orders, and told to like them or lump them.
The Government’s plans for divorce law reform are the lesser of two evils. But it needs to think more and act decisively to help couples who stay married.
A limited suspension is one thing, lasting change would be another. And so often, nothing is so permanent as the temporary.
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The Chancellor is set to build a relief road to get round the present pile-up of Government, banks and business.
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