Tag: Britain
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Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care
New York Times: Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care LONDON — Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search for the elusive formula that will deliver the best care for the cheapest price while costs…
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Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons
New York Times: Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons LONDON — Last month hundreds of environmental activists crammed into an auditorium here to ponder an anguished question: If the scientific consensus on climate change has not changed, why have so many people turned away from the idea that human activity is warming the planet?…
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Who killed New Labour?
The Economist: Who killed New Labour? The death throes of Britain’s ruling party suggest several possible culprits. “WE MEET in a spirit of hope,” the new leader of the Labour Party told its annual conference. “For the first time in a generation”, he declaimed, “it is the right wing that appears lost and disillusioned.” The…
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Britain ‘to fall into recession’
BBC: Britain 'to fall into recession' The UK, Germany and Spain will fall into recession in 2008, the European Commission has predicted. Brussels said the three countries would see two negative quarters of economic growth in a row, which is the technical definition of a recession. In its latest economic forecast, the commission also downgraded…
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Women win right to children without fathers
Times Online: Women win right to children without fathers Single women and lesbian couples won landmark parental rights last night as MPs voted to remove the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child’s need for a father. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill will replace the rule with a “need for supportive parenting” after opponents…
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You’ve never had it so good: The State of Britain
The Economist: You've never had it so good: The State of Britain COUNTRIES, just like people, have moods; and Britain's is somewhat grumpy right now. It is bored and disillusioned with politicians, not least with Tony Blair. It is unimpressed by public services, despite the public money Mr Blair has poured into them. It is…