The government’s controversial Health and Social Care bill has passed all of the political obstacles in its way, and is set to become law within the next month. The whole process which has been involved in getting the bill through has given much insight into the level of power held by our politicians – power… Continue reading >

As David Cameron holds a special summit at Downing Street today, there are fewer signs than ever that this is a government prepared to listen. Following initial criticism of the plans for widespread NHS reform, a high profile “listening exercise” was conducted between April and July of last year in order to address some of… Continue reading >

As with any situation involving the unions, it’s always difficult to know who is telling the truth when there are two contradictory stories being told. Regarding the public sector pension scheme, which the government has made a number of changes to, we are told by the unions that the government haven’t been negotiating properly while… Continue reading >

The Labour Party are in Liverpool for their annual conference, and are already making headlines. But is the announcement of their policy on student fees one of the most pointless headlines they could have generated? Ed Miliband’s party would apparently limit student fees to £6,000-a-year. But only if they were in power and made the… Continue reading >