So Jon Cruddas is in hot water with the media, again. This time it is his supposedly anti-business stance with respect to public services. Through partial quotation of a forthcoming pamphlet, the Daily Telegraph suggested yesterday that Cruddas wants to...
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As expected, Andy Burnham’s Ten Year Plan for Health and Care today confirmed that under Labour NHS institutions will be the ‘preferred provider’. The party is clear that if it wins power, the Lansley experiment is over and independent services...
For years now Andy Burnham has rightly criticised the fragmentation caused by the commercialisation of the NHS. But today’s decision by Circle Healthcare reveals a different side to the risks thrown up by privatisation of public services: short-termism.
Indeed Circle’s decision...
The British disease of business short termism is entrenched and takes many forms: the UK suffers from low levels of investment in capital and R&D, with companies hoarding cash and buying back shares; there are too many value-destroying acquisitions and...
At this Labour party conference fringe event, our panelists discussed the state of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn's performance in the early stages of his leadership, and the challenges and opportunities for the party as it seeks to rebuild. Listen...
In the last 18 months the Labour party has announced a wide range of eyecatching policies. No longer can critics claim that the party has nothing to say. But many of those announcements are ‘doorstep’ pledges designed to win Labour the next election...