Opinion – The UK’s healthcare spending fell as a share of GDP from 9.8% 2013 to 9.6% in 2017 – whereas the percentage rose for four of the remaining six G7 countries – via ONS

An excellent article published by ONS, highlighting the UK’s deplorable trend on healthcare spending. Combine austerity with bureaucracy and inefficiency, along with Government’s failure to reform and the effectiveness of UK healthcare is a disgrace.

Thoughts?

Opinion – Macron’s internationalism and the new politics – Brookings

Here’s an outstanding article from US think-tank Brookings. The article looks at Macron to define the new ground of centre politics. It concludes that only the central left can prevail in the long-term. Thoughts?