Grant Shapps is frequently cited as one of the Tories’ brightest of bright young hopes, but if this is anything to go by, I wouldn’t get too breathless just yet. Access to IVF on the NHS is a lottery, with different areas adopting different rules, an MP says. … Mr Shapps, whose own three children… Continue reading God’s lottery
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Letters – Labour style
So police warning letters are more effective than ASBOs, eh? The problem is, they don’t sound very sexy. Or tough. Got to be tough. I think John Reid should rebrand them as “Police Instruction Missive Actions” and set a “tough” target for all policy authorities to send out as many as possible. Of course, renaming… Continue reading Letters – Labour style
Lyons Inquiry Report – worth a read
Michael Lyons has just published his latest report on local government. It makes heartening reading for those of us who are not just in favour of the rhetoric of localism but the substance as well. Read it and champion it before Tony Blair and Gordon Brown catches sight of it and attempt to bury down… Continue reading Lyons Inquiry Report – worth a read