Further delays will devastate the social care sector Opinion The government’s decision to delay social care reform will simply prolong the crisis. The sector needs decisions not inquiries, says Martin Jones Labour’s decision to delay a social care overhaul until 2028, announcing an independent commission led by Baroness Casey of Blackstock, is another devastating blow to a sector in desperate need of reform. For [...]
To save the NHS, we need radical reform designed by independent experts Martin Jones The NHS is in urgent need of bold reform. Perhaps the best way to save it is through an independent commission of experts who can set policies that go beyond politics, writes Martin Jones
The government’s ballet dancer ad missed the mark – but let’s not write off retraining On Monday, the government faced a great deal of backlash for promoting adverts encouraging retraining — suggesting, among other things, that an aspiring ballet dancer should retrain “in cyber”. Condemned for being tone-deaf and undermining the arts sector, the criticism mirrors a similar reaction to comments made by the chancellor last week, when he claimed [...]
