Councils would do well to consider taking services back in-house. Yes, there will be initial capital costs, and staff costs will be higher than the private sector (which is not necessarily a bad thin… (View Post)

I'd refer you to my comment at 10:35 for the long answer there. For the short answer, no, they're not that much different *but* we shouldn't assume that just because the SDP, Alliance, Lib Dems, UKIP… (View Post)

The Lib Dems did, of course, finish ahead of the Tories in the recent local elections. As far as national polling goes, there've been two polls to have the Lib Dems just one point behind the Tories: … (View Post)

Re care costs, I will mention my hobbyhorse of planning here though. Like so many other costs in the UK, the cost of land and many other services are inflated by hugely restrictive planning, which fe… (View Post)

There is a woman of some substance who is already Labour's Deputy Leader. The increasing impression is that Starmer doesn't believe in anything - or doesn't believe in anything strongly enough that i… (View Post)