The government’s “whatever it takes” promise to NHS is all very well, but UK healthcare is a long way from being ready to deal with a major outbreak.
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Dominic Cummings should read up on a deeply flawed experiment from the 1940s before he reads through those job applications.
The Health of Nations report outlines the UK’s plans for extending the number of years people live in good health.
Free speech is too important to leave it to a government regulator to decide what should be banned.
HS2 will provide an economic boost to cities in the north and midlands of England.
Buying the biggest and best technology is always going to be high risk and expensive.
Boris Johnson has proposed the public ‘bung a bob for a Big Ben bong’ to commemorate Brexit.
The public inquiry into Grenfell makes its first report – but those responsible for the circumstances leading up to the fire are yet to face the consequences.
How much more suffering and death will people who use drugs have to endure?
A new report has found funding shortfalls are forcing schools to make difficult decisions about which pupils get support.
Reforms to the way local authorities are funded are probably the most radical – and least discussed – changes made by the Conservative government.
The UK government has been trying to hand planning power over to local people for 50 years – but research reveals it has fallen far short of its goals.
Faced with open and hidden prejudice, some British Muslims downplay their difference in public in order to succeed.
Policies to tackle climate change will make it more expensive not to act.
Carbon offsetting is one way of doing it – but sometimes the simplest methods work best.
Ten years on from the MPs expenses scandal, there remains in Westminster a lingering culture of elitism and a ‘we know best attitude’.
Housing laws in England can still leave tenants without proper protection, but the latest reforms offer hope for the future.
New research reveals how austerity pushed poor families into debt to pay for basic needs like food, rent and hot water.
The current system favours London and the south east of England – and previous regeneration campaigns have failed to make much of a difference.
The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
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