On Monday, King Albert II accepted the Belgian Prime Minister’s resignation, sparking the collapse of yet another Belgian government, writes Natalie Hamill. With just over 2 months to go until Belgium takes over the rotating EU Presidency (on July 1st) the implications of the country’s latest constitutional crisis are likely to be felt across the… [Read More]
At the annual conference of the Royal College of Nursing of which he is general secretary, Dr Peter Carter called for the NHS to provide heroin addicts with regular supplies of the drug in specially dedicated facilities similar to those established in Switzerland.
Andy Cowper of healthpolicyinsight.com writes up a seminar Civitas hosted this week on the future of the NHS. What should a new government do? Specifically, evidence suggests the market in the NHS is not delivering anything like was anticipated. Why? Is it flawed? Or is it failing because it is being blocked? Not least, is… [Read More]
EU Commissioner Antonio Tajani, made the dramatic claim at last week’s EU Summit in Madrid that “Travelling for tourism today is a right, the way we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of our quality of life”, writes Natalie Hamill.
Who said the following and when? ‘Mass unemployment, crime, drug abuse amongst young people, poor education, poverty for some and insecurity for many, are the signs of a social fabric ripped apart at the seams. Our task is to renew and rebuild our nation as a strong and active society sustaining stable community and family… [Read More]
As the 2010 UK General Election approaches, the race to the ballot box is underway and the wooing of the electorate is in full swing, writes Natalie Hamill. With less than a month to go, UK Party leaders are appearing all over the country (in ‘solid British’ settings such as bakeries and car factories) promising… [Read More]
Something must have gone very seriously wrong with our judicial system, if it lacks resources to be able to accommodate the equally legitimate, but opposing, claims of homosexuals and religious believers who consider homosexual acts so sinful as to be unable in good conscience to carry out professional tasks requiring them to condone such acts.
Prospective teacher x is promptly ushered from one panel of judges to another. And as if his day couldn’t get any worse, this panel of spotty-faced teenagers sitting slumped in oversized armchairs whilst sharpening their fangs on the edge of Key Stage 3 geography textbooks would rather hear about favourite TV programmes and base their decisions seemingly exclusively on aesthetics.
Over the past, and upcoming weeks, Civitas is releasing a series of briefings on key social policy issues intended as useful resources for the public. Here’s the one on the NHS. Essentially, it provides key statistics and brief, impartial, analysis (3 pages) of where the NHS is now; what Labour have achieved over the past… [Read More]
A new blog has been started on the future of broadcasting by David Graham, one of Britain’s most distinguished programme makers.