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Cameron's NHS spending pledge is worthless

Cameron's NHS spending pledge is worthless

The PM claims that spending will rise but the figures show that it will be frozen or even cut.

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Tories less trusted than Labour on the NHS

Tories less trusted than Labour on the NHS

Labour is the party trusted to run the most NHS effectively, according to a New Statesman/ICD poll.

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Lansley tells Cameron: “Back me or sack me”

Lansley tells Cameron: “Back me or sack me”

The Health Secretary issues an ultimatum to Cameron after Clegg’s latest intervention.

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BMA: Lansley’s Health Bill may need to be dropped

BMA: Lansley’s Health Bill may need to be dropped

As the government’s listening exercise winds down, a consensus on competition in the NHS is no closer.

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Clegg hits out at Cameron over NHS reforms

Clegg hits out at Cameron over NHS reforms

Deputy PM attacks Cameron for undermining the NHS while declaring that he loves it.

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Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on NHS reforms | Ealing Hospital, West London | 16 May 2011

Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on NHS reforms | Ealing Hospital, West London | 16 May 2011

"We save the NHS by changing it. We risk its long-term future by resisting change now."

The coalition’s NHS headache gets bigger

The coalition’s NHS headache gets bigger

Waiting times reach a three-year high following the decision to relax targets.

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Forget Lansley – Cameron is the one to blame for the NHS fiasco

Forget Lansley – Cameron is the one to blame for the NHS fiasco

The row over NHS reform is an example of not just political misjudgement on Cameron’s part but dishonesty, too

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Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on NHS reform| 6 April 2011

Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on NHS reform| 6 April 2011

"Pumping in a bit more money and sticking with the status quo just isn’t going to cut it."

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Can Ed Miliband reform the NHS, and not just save it?

Can Ed Miliband reform the NHS, and not just save it?

Labour’s health policy should focus on patient empowerment and obtaining the best value for money for the taxpayer.

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Full Transcript | Ed Miliband | RSA Future of the NHS Speech | 4 April 2011

"To protect the NHS is to change it."

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NHS reforms: a lesson in how not to do it

In assuming that Andrew Lansley had it all in hand, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have taken an enormous risk.

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How much “listening” will Cameron do on the NHS?

The PM plans to delay NHS reform for three months but what concessions will he offer?

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Cameron slows down the NHS revolution

PM prepares to water down Andrew Lansley’s reforms after a political backlash.

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Can we trust Dave?

Cameron is breaking his "personal" pledges.

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Osborne set to break pledge to protect NHS spending

The IFS warns that higher inflation means NHS spending will be cut by 0.1 per cent.

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Tory MP opens fire on Cameron’s NHS reforms

Sarah Wollaston warns that key parts of the reforms are “completely unrealistic” and “doomed to fail”.

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The coalition's NHS U-turn

Andrew Lansley abandons plans to introduce price competition.

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The BMA should oppose the health reforms

It is time for a change in stance and a united medical profession.

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Why are we so sentimental about the National Health Service?

It is a paradox to save the life of a patient and then give that person shoddy aftercare.

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Guest-edits the NS

Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, guest-edits the New Statesman

NHS deception

Cameron's NHS spending pledge is worthless
Grayling's Folly is falling down

London trip

Palin is coming to London

Welfare and morality

Human cost of welfare reform

Radical hero

Remembering I F Stone

Quotable Hitchens

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The art of opposition

For Labour, even joined-up opposition seems a long way off
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