The provision of care to elderly people in the UK needs a new approach. At present elderly care is mainly provided by local authorities and not by the NHS. Carers typically visit clients one or more times a day, providing… Read More ›
Month: October 2014
The EU Surcharge Furore: Who Knew What When?
Could the furore about the £1.8 billion EU surcharge on the UK be a manufactured one? The rules for calculating the UK’s GDP were revised several months ago, resulting in an uplift in measured GDP stretching back several years. These… Read More ›
Introduction to Interesting Times
I have called this site “Interesting Times” after the supposed Chinese “curse”: “May you live in interesting times”. I am not sure that it was ever intended to be a curse (see the Wikipedia entry on it), but I… Read More ›