If anybody wishes to follow suit all the details are online: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/voluntary-payments-donations-to-government -- you can make a payment towards general expenditure or towards re… (View Post)

Council tax doesn't even cover social care -- the Institute for Government figures I just found show councils spend more than two thirds of their income on adult and children's social care,… (View Post)

It would be pretty stupid not to be making plans -- the last two years have been a worked example of what happens when you get into government snd and don't have a plan for what you'll do. … (View Post)

Mmm. Has Cooper done (or not done) anything that would provide sn obvious argument for putting somebody else in? If not, Burnham should favour continuity rather than putting in yet another minister. … (View Post)

I expect that if Burnham manages electoral results in three years on a par with New Labour's results after their first term in office he'll be pretty happy with that. (View Post)