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NHS set for major restructure
Analysis: Health white paper struggles to square the circles

In a time of cuts and “unprecedented” efficiency savings, questions about money are never far away for Andrew Lansley’s groundbreaking reforms of the NHS. By Alex Stevenson Today marks the culmination of six years’ work as shadow health secretary for Lansley. He is finally implementing many of the ideas which have underpinned much of his… Read more »

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The City holds its breath
Analysis: The great bank levy escape?

Don’t mention the levy, the bankers are whispering. They might have got away with it. By Alex Stevenson Three weeks have passed since George Osborne’s emergency Budget turned grim foreboding into bitter reality. The chancellor announced to an uneasy Commons his plans to slash departmental budgets by at least a quarter. Now Whitehall is busy… Read more »