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Private v. Public in the NHS – isn’t it time the debate grew up? | 28/12/11

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Yesterday’s reports that a recently proposed amendment to the Health & Social Care Bill could see National Health Service foundation hospitals allowed to raise nearly half of their funding through private work have generated predictably stormy responses....Read More

Why lobbying matters to bioscience | 15/11/11

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This morning I had the honour of speaking at one of the BioIndustry Association's regular excellent networking breakfasts on the topic of why lobbying matters to the bioscience sector....Read More

Health and Social Care - Parliamentary Round Up - July 2011 | 01/07/11

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Column by Will Davies which appeared in the July edition of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) member's newsletter....Read More

Happy Anniversary Mr Speaker! | 23/06/11

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Yesterday marked the second anniversary John Bercow’s election as Speaker of the House of Commons, an event which, as Mrs Bercow revealed on Twitter, prompted their children into buying their father an ‘I am 2’ badge....Read More

Guest blog by Oliver Colvile MP - The Obama Speech | 26/05/11

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PLMR's first guest blog from the Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Oliver Colvile...Read More