Why Universal Credit needs to be stopped and scrapped

by | Mar 1, 2018

The designers of Universal Credit sold it as a simplification of the benefits system. The designers of Universal Credit sold it as a simplification of the benefits system. This was understandably attractive and helped to establish a broad consensus that, despite its...

The MENA and Gulf regions: any rays of light?

by | Feb 28, 2018

With the vernal equinox almost upon us, and the days getting longer, brighter and therefore more hopeful, in spite of a period of storms, can the same be said about the MENA (Middle East and North With the vernal equinox almost upon us, and the days getting longer,...

Welcoming a more humane approach to drug policy

by | Feb 19, 2018

It is not often that a person elected to public office makes a policy announcement which is courageous, enlightened, and humane. It is not often that a person elected to public office makes a policy announcement which is courageous, enlightened, and humane. So when...

A patient’s-eye-view of an upended NHS England

by | Feb 14, 2018

I respect my new GP. He is a much younger version of the one who saw me through a rough chapter of my life when I spent more nights in hospital wards than in my own bed. I respect my new GP. He is a much younger version of the one who saw me through a rough chapter of...