Month: January 2013 Articles

This week’s debate was a stark reminder that practices such as blacklisting which should have no place in a modern society, continue to scar our national decency. As the Information Commissioner’s Office put it ‘the blacklist remains a black spot on the history of...

Andy Burnham set out a bold vision for an integrated physical, mental and social care system as he launched Labour’s health and care policy review yesterday. He said he wanted to change the terms of the debate, from technical discussions about commissioning and...

A party ready for government needs to have a mature policy-making process.  It needs to be bold and realistic, and it needs to appreciate that there will be difficult challenges to face once it is elected. That is why the Purple Papers are a useful and distinct...

There is an argument to be made for Labour simply sitting back and allowing the government’s misguided health reforms to unwind. But it is to Andy Burnham's credit that he has chosen to start a debate about the health and care system we want in the twenty-first...