@RichardJMurphy Richard Murphy The NHS is far too important to be left at the mercy of ideological and incompetent intervention   Quite so, quite so, which is why we need to remove it from the control of politicians. You know, those incompetents who gain their position of power over us and the NHS through ideology?

Decision to remove the honour was taken by the ‘forfeiture committee’, an obscure body made up of Britain’s most senior civil servants

What does democracy look like? How about this: a governor, swept into office on the GOP wave of 2010 with a financial assist from the billionaire Koch brothers, pivots immediately from moderate talk about job creation to radical austerity that divides his state more than any in the Union. He attacks the collective bargaining rights of public workers and teachers. When hundreds of thousands of citi...

Private security guards employed to forcibly remove people from the UK have used racist language and inappropriate force, says a report by MPs.

The Government has launched an advertising campaign to limit demand for NHS surgery to remove faulty breast implants.

This morning, the Education Secretary went on the Today programme to explain his plans to make it easier to sack teachers. Here’s the full transcript: James Naughtie: From the start of the next school year in England, head teachers will find it easier to remove teachers that are considered to be under-performers.  The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, thinks the process is too cumberso...

An open letter to Councillor Lee Rowley, Cabinet Member for Parking: Lee, Everybody supports double yellow lines at dropped kerbs in order to make crossing the road safer for the disabled, the elderly and parents with prams. But Westminster Council's proposals go way beyond just protecting dropped kerbs from parked cars. It has been used as an excuse to remove 5 miles of safe, free evening pa...

Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, will sue cosmetic surgeries which refuse to give free operations to women wanting their PIP breast implants removed.

Sir Christopher said party donations should be capped at £10,000 and state funding increased to remove the taint of corruption. This after wibble about how large donations are seen to be for preferential access. Look, maybe donations do buy influence. Maybe the unions’ money gets them Labour MPs as lapdogs, just as hedge fund money

NHS could be forced to pay millions of pounds to remove privately inserted cosmetic breast implants