This week: more cuts for unprotected services; NHS waiting list ambitions; and dodgy…
This week: public sector pay trends; AI myth-busting; and a reality check for Welsh education policy
General
Things seem quiet in Westminster, maybe too quiet, as we emerge blinking from a four-day weekend…
This week: fiscal fantasies; GP contract quarrelling; and brutal cuts in Birmingham
I had to check my calendar a few times to make sure this one is true, but it seems that we have another fiscal…
This week: The effect of GP practice closures; Rowley calls time on mental health; and house-building reforms
Welcome back — our blogging performance has been slightly off-track of late thanks to our…
This week: the NHS’ imminent demise (?); post-covid educational recovery; Major’s intervention on prisons
A lot has happened since our last edition — a royal… trouncing of the Conservative Party at the…
This week: a spate of preventative health reports; NHS Staff Council votes for pay deal; and clarity on funding for teachers’ pay
This week: the (high?) cost of care; Ofsted in trouble again; and the state of health in…
This week: junior doctors’ on the picket line; home detention for prisoners; and the future of Local Enterprise Partnerships
This week: budget prep; GP contract wrangling; and HMCTS reform
The New Economics Foundation published their assessment of the autumn statement. They call the spending projections “austerity by…
This week: Performance Tracker update; new children’s social care workforce data; and a…