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See allDarzi’s NHS diagnosis is largely right – now the government needs to act
The Darzi report creates opportunity and risk for Keir Starmer and the government.
Rachel Reeves needs to learn lessons from her handling of the winter fuel allowance abolition
The chancellor did not construct a solid narrative for axing the winter fuel allowance.
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Rachel Reeves should never sanction any kind of massaging of the figures by Treasury officials.
Overflowing prisons are just one aspect of deep dysfunction across our failing criminal justice system
Multiple vicious circles are causing spiralling performance declines in criminal justice.
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