General election

Hole in the health plans, by Zack Cooper

16 April 2010 | Zack Cooper

The National Health Service will be a central issue in the general election. Over the past decade, the Labour government has nearly doubled spending in real terms and has introduced significant reforms across the health service. During the same period, the NHS has improved considerably on most measures of quality and patient satisfaction, although it still lags behind a number of comparable European countries on cancer survival and the quality of stroke and heart attack care. Read more...

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The election: all to play for, by Conor Ryan

6 April 2010 | Conor Ryan

That the election that we now know will take place on May 6th is competitive at all is remarkable in itself. And the fact that there is any doubt about the result owes much to the weaknesses of David Cameron and the strengths of Gordon Brown. The extent to which Cameron overcomes his weaknesses and Brown plays to his strengths will determine the outcome of the election. But this must also be an election where politicians show that politics matters again, after the recent expenses scandals. Read more...

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