While on the subject of the Coalition government's drastic cuts in public spending, such as housing benefit, social services, and how these will severely affect many people in the borough, either directly through unemployment, debt and homelessness, or indirectly, through increased begging, crime and social disorder, here are some articles which readers of this blog might find of interest:
www.futureeconomics.org/2010/06/camerons-deceitful-cuts-rhetoric
http://neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com/2010/06/europes-fiscal-dystopia-new-austerity.html
The borough is not hermetically sealed from social and political events nationally, and this blog's coverage of the recent Earls Court by election has sought to discuss how the policies of the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in government will affect residents in this borough, even though these parties in the by election have directed your attention away from these important issues. However, as the cuts in public spending begin to translate themselves in fewer services available to residents in the borough, this blog believes that local politics will be increasingly dominated by issues of social cohesion, homelessness, poor service provision, and even possible rises in Council Tax. It is also important to consider how the proposed dismantling of the NHS by the abolition of Primary Care Trusts will affect health service provision in the borough after General Practitioners are given control of the NHS budget. Will the GPs just award themselves higher salaries and pay management fees at the expense of patient care? What access to health care can many residents in the borough with chronic illnesses expect to receive, with GPs needing to control their budget expenditure, and how will this affect patient choice in access to medications, services and hospitals? These are the really important issues which will affect everybody in the borough, and which the parties will need to urgently respond.
www.futureeconomics.org/2010/06/camerons-deceitful-cuts-rhetoric
http://neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com/2010/06/europes-fiscal-dystopia-new-austerity.html
The borough is not hermetically sealed from social and political events nationally, and this blog's coverage of the recent Earls Court by election has sought to discuss how the policies of the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in government will affect residents in this borough, even though these parties in the by election have directed your attention away from these important issues. However, as the cuts in public spending begin to translate themselves in fewer services available to residents in the borough, this blog believes that local politics will be increasingly dominated by issues of social cohesion, homelessness, poor service provision, and even possible rises in Council Tax. It is also important to consider how the proposed dismantling of the NHS by the abolition of Primary Care Trusts will affect health service provision in the borough after General Practitioners are given control of the NHS budget. Will the GPs just award themselves higher salaries and pay management fees at the expense of patient care? What access to health care can many residents in the borough with chronic illnesses expect to receive, with GPs needing to control their budget expenditure, and how will this affect patient choice in access to medications, services and hospitals? These are the really important issues which will affect everybody in the borough, and which the parties will need to urgently respond.
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