The ringfencing of health has been a disaster because its led to more severe cuts to care budgets which mean there is now bed blocking from elderly and terminally ill of all ages. This is a huge impact all the way back through the system
Yes they were instructed to. Whatever is said about Coulson (and a lot will be said in the coming months) he knew his audience. The tabloid reading majority who need easy single sentence statements that have a culprit and an explanation. Labour have been woeful at debunking this statement...
Interesting question. I suppose it depends if you 'buy the mantra' invented by Andy coulson on day 1 of the coalition when all ministers were instructed to say 'the financial crisis we have inherited from labour is much worse than we had been led to believe'
If you believe that then you would...