The Slow Privatisation of the NHS Must Stop Now
Private sector involvement in NHS service delivery has grown from 4.6% of the budget in 2010 to over 9% by 2024. This isn't…
Naomi Clarke
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Why Loneliness Is a Public Health Crisis — and What Could Actually Help
Loneliness is more common than most people admit and has health consequences as serious as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Here is what the…
Elena Marsh
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The Case for the Four-Day Working Week
Multiple large-scale trials have tested the four-day week. Here is what the evidence shows and what the honest arguments against it are.
Marcus Vale
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Childcare Costs Are Killing Women's Careers—And We're Calling It Choice
British parents pay the highest childcare costs in the OECD—up to £15,000 per year for full-time nursery. Women drop out of work because…
Naomi Clarke
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Council Tax Is a Regressive Disaster—And Everyone's Too Scared to Fix It
Council tax is based on 1991 property values, charges the poorest proportionally more than the rich, and raises £40 billion annually…
Naomi Clarke
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The Social Care Crisis Is an Invisible Scandal—Until It Happens to You
1.5 million people wait for social care they will never receive. Unpaid family carers provide £162 billion of care annually while the state…
Naomi Clarke
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Academy Schools: A Failed Experiment We're Too Stubborn to Abandon
Over 80% of secondary schools are now academies, removed from local authority control and run by unaccountable trusts. Standards have not…
Naomi Clarke
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Regional Inequality Is Tearing Britain Apart—And Government Policy Makes It Worse
The gap between London and the rest of the UK is wider than in any comparable country. Productivity, wages, life expectancy, and investment…
Naomi Clarke
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The NHS Is Being Privatised by Stealth—And We're Pretending Not to Notice
Private providers now deliver £30 billion of NHS services annually. Waiting lists are at record highs while private hospitals profit from…
Naomi Clarke
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