Don’t expect big solutions for the NHS – they aren’t coming any time soon
More money? There isn’t any. A grand bargain on social care? There’s no sign of agreement. A new GPs’ contract? There’s no appetite for more strikes.
More money? There isn’t any. A grand bargain on social care? There’s no sign of agreement. A new GPs’ contract? There’s no appetite for more strikes.
Might a tapered aspiration to get health spending (NHS and social care) consistently over the EU and OECD average by 2025 be something that a May Government could consider?
Theresa May is in second place and Ruth Davidson third, whilst the overall rise in positive ratings we noted last month is sustained.
Theresa May edges out Ruth Davidson for the top spot for only the second time, and there is a general rise in positive feeling about most ministers.
We present dismissible projections drawn from last June’s results…and some electoral trends that are not so dismissible.
Meanwhile, Amber Rudd has fallen right to the bottom after trouble with the Child Sex Abuse scandal and her retreat on counting foreign workers.
“We’ve got a leader of the Opposition who is incapable of leading.”
My Private Member’s Bill on disability equality before birth, which is due to be debated in the Lords this Friday, seeks to right a terrible wrong.
Only when the public feel that our borders are under control, by people accountable to the electorate, will we be able to win back their trust.
The Chancellor’s position recovers despite his advocacy of the Single Market, whilst the Home Secretary falls from 11th to 23rd.
Given each extra medical school place means a cost of £220,000 to the taxpayer, we must also ensure this money is being spent on staff for our NHS.
The drop is best explained by the Chancellor’s well-reported stress on a Brexit settlement as close to single market membership as can be found.
I was previously uncomfortable about the imposition of the contract, but now believe there is little alternative.
Third in London; second in Rio (at present). It wouldn’t have happened without the National Lottery.
Our Party member readers give the new top team an emphatic vote of confidence.