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Wasnt flustered and floundering in pmq's. yet.
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Yeah, was a nice opener for her. She has her cost of energy plan and she's sticking to the low tax neoliberal script. Not much else to it. The gaffs will come, don't need to worry about that.
Boris and his madcap.... I stopped reading after that, on how times change and people's opinions of Churchillian figures. Funny how none of these criticisms were offered during Boris's Churchillian reign, in fact you wouldn't have a bad word said about him.. Morning Pete do you now liken Truss to Boudica yet. lol
when she has those chariot wheels grafted onto ships in the channel...
Tech, standards, and the argument to transition has been around for 20yrs. Its inaction and no longer term plan that sees us in this position. Imagine if new builds had been mandated to be built to passivhaus standards for the last 15-20 years? Huge swathe of buildings dealt with, which now also need upgrading.
Alongside the older stock, as you say. It's cross party negligence over decades in my book.
….low taxes mean poor public services, it’s not rocket science.
Average wait for an ambulance for heart attack victims in England is 1 hour after 12 years of Conservative Government. Let’s see how that figure changes.
Average wait for an ambulance for heart attack victims in England is 1 hour after 12 years of Conservative Government. Let’s see how that figure changes.
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One of our clients at work is a transport refrigeration company trying to brand its new-gen diesel powered models as "EcoDrive". Proper drove me mad.
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There is a fairly reliable theory about there being an optimum rate of tax, so if it was too high you could increase revenue despite lowing the tax rate due to less avoidance and more growth. That's not to say that Britain's current level is too high.
Laffer curve - Wikipedia
I would also say that it's blindingly obvious that something needs to change with healthcare. As you can see from the chart below, there has consistently been increases in spending on healthcare that far outstrip growth in the economy more broadly, such that it is currently consuming 12% of GDP (and that doesn't include social care).
You can see how enormously things have changed since the NHS was first introduced, and yet outcomes seem to be getting worse and worse. It's blatantly obvious that we need to move towards a more preventative system, but there is absolutely no slack in order to make such a change, so we get this situation whereby ever more money is demanded and ever worse returns on that investment produced.
There is a fairly reliable theory about there being an optimum rate of tax, so if it was too high you could increase revenue despite lowing the tax rate due to less avoidance and more growth. That's not to say that Britain's current level is too high.
Laffer curve - Wikipedia
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I would also say that it's blindingly obvious that something needs to change with healthcare. As you can see from the chart below, there has consistently been increases in spending on healthcare that far outstrip growth in the economy more broadly, such that it is currently consuming 12% of GDP (and that doesn't include social care).
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You can see how enormously things have changed since the NHS was first introduced, and yet outcomes seem to be getting worse and worse. It's blatantly obvious that we need to move towards a more preventative system, but there is absolutely no slack in order to make such a change, so we get this situation whereby ever more money is demanded and ever worse returns on that investment produced.
the rich are getting richer & the poor are getting poorer, it puts enormous pressure on NHS. A preventative system requires a decent standard of living & access to good education for all. Levelling-up is just a catch phrase.
Thanks, in those 50 words you've solved it all.
The Met Office.
I think that's for Category 2 calls, not necessarily heart attacks.
From the inside looking out, there seems to be whole host of reasons why spending continues to increase.There is a fairly reliable theory about there being an optimum rate of tax, so if it was too high you could increase revenue despite lowing the tax rate due to less avoidance and more growth. That's not to say that Britain's current level is too high.
Laffer curve - Wikipedia
I would also say that it's blindingly obvious that something needs to change with healthcare. As you can see from the chart below, there has consistently been increases in spending on healthcare that far outstrip growth in the economy more broadly, such that it is currently consuming 12% of GDP (and that doesn't include social care).
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You can see how enormously things have changed since the NHS was first introduced, and yet outcomes seem to be getting worse and worse. It's blatantly obvious that we need to move towards a more preventative system, but there is absolutely no slack in order to make such a change, so we get this situation whereby ever more money is demanded and ever worse returns on that investment produced.
Infrastructure is not great and the cost of renewal of older buildings and moves to new sites create significant cost - which I suspect is why the 2020 figure is so high (resulting from the adaptation of buildings for Covid).
Lots of procurement is made on a false economy basis - it saves now but doubles at a later date - IT infrastructure particularly.
Procurement more generally could be improved and more favourable conditions allowed for NHS in regard to it's procurement rules.
Staff churn is a big issue, particularly in providers.
I'm not sure how much research has been undertaken recently in calculating the oblique cost of reduced social care provision on the NHS, but I think the NHS routinely plugs gaps created resulting from lower social care spending and provision.
Lack of preventative healthcare in the UK and also lack of access for the public to healthier lifestyles. I would include education in that.
I could go on, but as we've talked about before it's multifaceted and I'm not sure it's as simple as "tax the rich and the NHS will work"
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