A two-speed health service can only aid the spread of disease resistant 'superbugs', warns Jason Silverstein
Category: Public Health
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In pre-announcements before the Autumn Statement, new money for the NHS was being promised. But will it help solve the crisis in midwifery services in the NHS? Writing for OpenDemocracy, The Royal College of Midwives' Sean O'Sullivan is sceptical.
Category: Healthcare Careers
The Chancellor’s confidence that he can outlaw budget deficits reflects improbably widespread belief in the length and strength of recovery, writes Alan Shipman.
Category: Sociology
They look like a trap, but we may miss them when they‘re gone, writes Alan Shipman.
Category: Sociology
Last week's budget was a budget for saving – the Coalition, argues Alan Shipman.
Category: Sociology
The giant pandas are a plus – but China’s main appeal to western leaders is its ability to lead the giant projects their own companies won’t invest in, argues Alan Shipman.
Category: Sociology
The sudden solidity of UK recovery leaves many economists wondering what went right, writes Alan Shipman.
Category: Sociology
An age-old old-age story: following George Osborne's budget this week, Society Matters' Alan Shipman uncovers a strangely relevant letter written 50 years ago.
Category: Sociology
Alan Shipman shares his thoughts on the Budget 2015 and the chancellor's promise of a "higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare economy".
Category: Politics
A range of reactions to George Osborne's Summer 2015 budget, ranging from the impact on adoption, through defence, to questions of work, tax and welfare.
Category: Politics
Looking forward to this morning's budget, Michael Kitson suggests core Tory voters won't feel much pain. Not yet, anyway.
Category: Politics
As the Chancellor seeks to unlock more pension savings, are there risks alongside the benefits on offer?
Category: Politics
Earlier today, George Osborne delivered his latest budget, against a backdrop of increasing problems. A panel of experts share their first reactions.
Category: Economics
Experts give a first reaction to George Osborne's 2015 Spending Review and the Autumn Statement.
Category: Economics
George Osborne's changes to his welfare cap in the July 2015 budget have made a simple measure almost too complex, say Christine Whitehead and Emma Sagor
Category: Economics
The OU's Alan Shipman offers a guide to the things to watch for when George Osborne presents his autumn statement this Wednesday.
Category: Economics
Will the coalition's attempt to clear the deficit free the economy - or topple it over into deeper decline? Alan Shipman weighs where the pain has fallen - and the chances of success.
Category: Economics
Alan Shipman, the Open University's lecturer in economics, responds to the October 2010 Spending Review
Category: Economics