Government
The Two Negotiations of the NHS
How the NHS learned to be ruthless with its own staff and generous to everyone else
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The Triple Lock - Part 1 - The Ratchet
What the triple lock actually is, what it isn’t, and why both sides of the debate keep arguing about the wrong thing
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The Triple Lock - Part 2 - The Invisible Subsidy
What public-sector pensions are really worth — and why almost nobody counts
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National Grid - Gilts Plus a Margin
National Grid has sold the Isle of Grain. The interesting question isn't who bought it — it's why every electricity bill in the country carries a permanent premium that exists for one reason: that the grid is owned by shareholders the public must pay to profit.
Government
The Captive Audit
Why statutory audit should be a public function, not a private profit centre
Government
The Doctor–Lawyer Asymmetry
Why one profession that heals is wage-controlled by the state while another profession that exists only to administer the state’s own laws is left to charge whatever the market will bear — and what the public stands to gain from changing it
Government
How Britain Forgot How to Govern a Hospital
Four decades of NHS reform have been designed by people without relevant qualifications. The pattern is structural, not accidental — and the people best placed to fix it are systematically excluded from the rooms where decisions get made.
Government
State Ownership of Commodities and Infrastructure
Why the shareholder-value consensus has produced less innovation than well-governed state enterprise — and why minimal income tax was a real choice the UK declined to make.