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(Real policy geeks will argue the “duty to provide healthcare” had a slightly more complicated journey - indeed - but the 2012 Act was the final nail in the coffin. I want the duty back - stat - otherwise the NHS will ultimately end up just filling in the bits Trump’s pals don’t want, Medicarestyle)
March 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(Real policy geeks will argue the “duty to provide healthcare” had a slightly more complicated journey - indeed - but the 2012 Act was the final nail in the coffin. I want the duty back - stat - otherwise the NHS will ultimately end up just filling in the bits Trump’s pals don’t want, Medicarestyle)
The cut off point of the minimum income is too low to capture many whose incomes are still too low for decency but just too high to claim benefits. Universal benefits are cheaper to administrate and reduce the humiliation put on those subjected to the means-test. So yes, it hits the poor.
December 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The cut off point of the minimum income is too low to capture many whose incomes are still too low for decency but just too high to claim benefits. Universal benefits are cheaper to administrate and reduce the humiliation put on those subjected to the means-test. So yes, it hits the poor.
Planning permission can be granted yet the private developers don’t get on and build. www.local.gov.uk/about/news/h...
Housing backlog – more than a million homes with planning permission not yet built
More than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built, according to new analysis by the Local Government Association.
www.local.gov.uk
December 8, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Planning permission can be granted yet the private developers don’t get on and build. www.local.gov.uk/about/news/h...
This is not a Brexit problem. We had our own 3 labs. They were too expensive to run. But that wouldn’t be an issue if they were in public ownership. This is a public health and nationalisation issue.
December 8, 2024 at 11:48 AM
This is not a Brexit problem. We had our own 3 labs. They were too expensive to run. But that wouldn’t be an issue if they were in public ownership. This is a public health and nationalisation issue.