The NHS desperately needs a regulatory environment which will force it to think more entrepreneurially and collaboratively.
It would be a betrayal of every value we hold dear if we deny the next generation the chance to own their own homes.
The Nationalists’ centralising instincts have made us the most centralised country in Europe.
This programme has transformed the lives of thousands of families. Both they and the people who helped them should be proud.
Corbyn might lock Labour out of power at Westminster, but Momentum could still end up wielding real power in local government.
A new project to hold the Government to account in honouring its pledge that “Brexit means Brexit”.
They have gone either way in successive elections, but their recent results show up electoral trends that helping the Tories.
The TPA identifies 325 taxpayer-funded public health employees. Combined with Public Health England’s budget of around £3.6 billion, this is an expensive and powerful lobby.
Other Whitehall grants, for instance on adult social care, will be phased out.
We hear the cry that “better people” should enter politics. But is it any wonder that many of the people we need decide it is not worth the sacrifice?
Innovation shows we can operate efficiently and remain close to the community.
Are the taxpayers of Kent best served by financing so many council buildings, senior officers, councillors and portfolio holders – all drawing salaries and allowances?
What is needed is smarter budgeting – that uses evidence on what works to establish quantifiable future savings.
The local government system is not fit for purpose. Simply demanding more cash from overburdened taxpayers is no solution.