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anyone paying attention at the last budget knows austerity already ended, and there's been a year of spending promises. any current cuts are consequence of budgets severel years back. no one seems to notice that other than excise duties there's a year lag to items in the budget, usually 2-3.

another one that seems to have inferred something in the post that wasn't there. why was there money for that specialist school and not there now, where was the funding coming from? is it not an obligation to provide and if not why not? im not suggesting the education is luxury, im asking if...

yes, and no. we hear that service A is being cut because its none core, service b is cut because if none core. the argument seems to be fixated on this being cut but overlooking why these services are not considered core. how much of the services are being provided are not legal requirements...

have any of these cuts made anyone wonder how we got this situation, where so many services are apparently non-core and un-accounted for, provided on the whim of local authorities? there has been a narrative for years of waste in government, local and national, now that cuts come services are...

still no other tax cut reported. looks like you are refering to the combined effects of the increased basic and higher rate tax thresholds, and infer that "wealthy" means anyone at around average earnings or above. (also, that graph doesnt match your 80% stat, as every houshold from the 4th...

i note you avoiding citing any tax cuts on the wealthy. instead you've changed tack onto the incidence of tax cuts on housholds, also unqualified (whats a "better off" household?).

i can think of one tax cut directly at the wealthiest, top rate reduced from 50p to 45p, which apparently raised more revenue. were there any others?

certainly not always inefficient, and we beat many countries on many criteria or specific treatments. however know that it is relatively poor value of money for clinical outcomes when compared to others, and we know that higher spending countries do so with considerable private provision. it...

the evidence from the continent is that a public/private mix of provision lead to better outcomes. we need to get out of the mindset that private means profit, example BUPA is a not for profit organisation as are others involved in providing healthcare services. we should be most concerned...

oh. so we just spend more on an inefficient system? doesn't seem very productive.

point was to answer your question, and agree with you. if we want a better health service we and tax payers need to putting in more, and accept more private provision of healthcare. just like Germany, France and all the other countries we compare unfavorably with. no point just saying "spend...

oh, i know this one. they paid more in and more private insurance.

which will be revelation to the building industry...:rolleyes:

that breach is so bad i have to wonder if it was deliberate, most basic test would have shown this.