Green retreat as Europe burns
Jim looks forward to more difficult by elections for the government and fears for the green agenda after last week’s contests.
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In the public interest
Is the reporting of the sexually deviant behaviour of a BBC employee really ‘in the public interest’?
Never mind tax cuts… what about reform?
Why is the Tory leadership race dominated by an arms race on tax cuts? Jim argues that the candidates should be talking about reform of our collapsing public services. He also celebrates the opening of the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.
Tax hike will not fix social care – and NHS needs reform as much as it needs cash
Heresy? Frank McKenna argues that the NHS needs radical reform more than it needs cash – and that this week’s tax hike will not improve social care as promised.
The Third Way on Covid
Ryan Wain from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change discusses how the way beyond Covid isn’t a binary choice between lockdowns and ‘freedom day’, there is infact a third way.
Level with us… Don’t Lie
This week Jim calls for more plain speaking from the government and looks at the grim prospects facing our pubs and restaurants.
A Long Way Back
The government is unable to give business a clear back to work strategy because of the lack of testing, Jim claims in his latest blog. He also takes a close look at the North West Labour MPs in Keir Starmer’s new team.
Pharmacy donates hand sanitiser to all Trust staff
A Preston-based family owned and run pharmacy chain has donated a shipment of 10,000 mini bottles of hand sanitiser to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity for distribution across its Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites.
The state we’re in
Fed up with Brexit? So is Frank McKenna, so this week he focusses on some of the issues he believes our political leaders should be dealing with in his latest Downtown blog.