The latest official research from the Greater London Authority (GLA) demonstrates that the gap between rich and poor in London is growing. For example, the tenth of the capital’s population with the highest income have weekly income of over £1,000 while people in the lowest tenth have under £94 per week. We also know that […]
EU Health Regulations – improving patients’ rights or more NHS privatisation in disguise?
May 6th, 2013 by Lucy Anderson.It is appalling that the recent NHS privatisation regulations have now been passed, despite a broad-based and vigorous campaign against them. The Regulations, made under Section 75 of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, essentially require all NHS services to be put out to competition unless there is only one provider capable of delivering them. […]
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Beware Liam Byrne’s policy review
Jul 12th, 2011 by Lucy Anderson.At the recent Labour Party National Policy Forum in Wrexham, much of the discussion focused on internal organisational issues and the ‘Refounding Labour’ consultation, and rightly so. But it is also vital that the Left focuses fully now on the detail of the policy developments now taking place, and particularly Liam Byrne’s ‘interim’ report on the […]
