It's not that marriage is good for children, it's that poverty is bad for them. Offering couples tiny tax breaks because they've had a wedding whilst cutting the rest of their benefits is like stealing someone’s car and offering them a bus pass as compensation.
New research from Unite union predicts that the fate of 11 Tory MPs at the 2015 election could be strongly influenced by the rising tide of public concern about the state of the NHS in their areas.
Behind Jeremy Hunt's spin about 'the right care in the right place' lie continued attempts to close cherished local hospitals and A&Es like Lewisham. But people aren't taking it lying down.
Hunt lodged an eleventh hour appeal against the Lewisham Hospital verdict last night. He is determined not just to close Lewisham hospital services but to have carte blanche to do the same elsewhere.
Hunt has to decide by tomorrow whether to appeal his defeat over the Lewisham Hospital closure - but if he succeeds in overturning it no hospital will be safe.
