With health care a top reform issue in the USA, there is much discussion of the NHS and other social-based systems – just as they are potentially being further undermined in the UK.
Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley debates with Benjamin Zephaniah, and Louise Bagshawe the funding of the NHS, freedom of speech and the abolition of the monarchy. The Big Questions were:
The bailout of the banks has left old assumptions about public finances behind. It's time to decide what our priorities are and look around for the money to fund them, says Jonathan Bartley