Archive of articles from 2011

Feature: The Lib Dems' AV referendum hangover

A sight to send shudders down the spine of anyone freshly returned from Birmingham

Liberal Democrats barely uttered a word about the failed electoral reform referendum. But that doesn't mean it wasn't on their minds in Birmingham.

Comment: Palestine solution is at the negotiating table

Louise Ellman has been Labour Co-operative MP for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. She is also vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.

Negotiations and tough compromises are the only way to achieve two states for two peoples.

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Labour: PFI was right option in 1997

Labour: PFI was right option in 1997

Lewis MacDonald, Labour's infrastructure spokesman, defends the PFI approach taken by Labour in the 90s.

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NHS Confederation: Services should not be closed simply due to PFI costs

NHS Confederation: Services should not be closed simply due to PFI costs

David Stout, NHS Confederation, calls for clear thinking on PFI and warns against shutting down services due to costs.

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King's Fund: PFI deals causing problems for NHS

King's Fund: PFI deals causing problems for NHS

Professor John Appleby, chief economist at the King's Fund think-tank, points to problems caused by PFI deals.

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Andrew Lansley: Labour led parts of the NHS to the brink of financial collapse

Andrew Lansley: Labour led parts of the NHS to the brink of financial collapse

Andrew Lansley, health secretary, accuses Labour of leaving parts of the NHS on the edge of financial collapse in a Daily Telegraph interview.

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Comment: Palestine vote will define Britain's role in the Arab Spring

'Foreign policy is always a hotbed of contradiction and hypocrisy'

The UK can seize the moment or take one further step into irrelevance.

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