While some of the major health think tanks such as The King’s Fund say the announced 3.4% increase in annual NHS spending is not enough – and I would agree with that – can we at least use the additional NHS funding more efficiently? I would say it might be worth looking at changing some […]
Judy Abel
In this campaign let’s not focus too hard on Brexit: other things matter to people too
As well as appealing to the 48% of voters who are deeply disenchanted with Brexit, I think there are many other policy areas we need to focus on, if we are to make an electoral breakthrough. In this week alone, there have been three fatal stabbings in London, innocent people (all men) aged 17, 40 […]
In this campaign let’s not focus too hard on Brexit: other things matter to people too
As well as appealing to the 48% of voters who are deeply disenchanted with Brexit, I think there are many other policy areas we need to focus on, if we are to make an electoral breakthrough. In this week alone, there have been three fatal stabbings in London, innocent people (all men) aged 17, 40 […]
Opinion: Plain Packaging: Will Tobacco Be the End or Just the Beginning?
While I think I was pleased to see the vote by MPs earlier this month, introducing plain packaging for tobacco products, it did also set off faint alarm bells – with me at least. There is something rather drastic about passing a law that requires legally produced and distributed goods to be wrapped in plain […]