The Guardian reports this morning that: The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
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Our event in Cambridge on 28 February 2026 is now open for booking. The link is here. Thank you if you decide to attend. Bookings
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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There was a comment on this blog on plausible coalitions I might partake in last night. There have also been many comments here on people’s
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I listened to the first of the BBC Reith lectures for this year last night. The lecture was given by Dutch historian Rutger Bergman. The
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Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control
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Wes Streeting told Sophy Ridge this morning that he had “Had it with the BMA” (British Medical Association) and that “An outbreak of juvenile delinquency”
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I made a podcast after the Budget for Politics Joe. I was interviewed by Ava Santana. They have now turned this into a video, but
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British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
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