Keeping people locked up is costly and ineffective, the Coalition government said of the British prison system when it came to power in June 2010. Now the talk is of giving prisoners 40-hour working weeks. So what happened to those early promises of putting rehabilitation first, asks Seb Klier
Cameron is leaving no stone unturned in his 'revolution' of the public sector. This is not about the privatisation of individual services: a bigger game is being played, with profound importance for Britain and her people.
More than one in four Conservative peers - 62 out of the total of 216 - and many other members of the House of Lords have a direct financial interest in the radical re-shaping of the NHS that is perilously close to being enacted. These peers have been able to vote on the crucial divisions that wil
The real migration scandal in the UK are the people forced to live without any recourse to public funds. Migrant women who leave violent husbands, and women who have been trafficked into the UK to work in the sex industry, face the additional trauma of destitution, says Jenny Phillimore
In a context of increasing tensions between Whitehall and Westminster, greater distinctions need to be made between the responsibilities of Ministers and officials. British democracy will suffer if we don't stop the culture of passing the buck.
The author of 'The Plot Against the NHS' discusses the political struggle over England's national health service and considers what those determined to save it can still do.
