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Why don't you download the annual report from eg UHCW, that'll give you a proper source of information not a lunatic right wing rag that's entire schtick is winding up pensioners (and idiots).

You really must do some actual research. Citing the Telegraph FFS. I presume that the Telegraph is advocating replacing the assistants with fully qualified nurses at greater cost, and having the clinical staff send appointment letters out rather than provide healthcare. Oh and the management can...

Given healthcare services are provided by people that's hardly a revelation. At individual trust level the % will be even higher, >60%. That statistic is false in reality, there is no single NHS employer. There are circa 200 trusts, 23 integrated care boards and NHS England.

What do you think the NHS is spending its budget on?

All those saved school fees can be spent in the real economy I presume

Your pay has reduced in real terms.

Why have you put 'real terms' in inverted commas? Do you understand what the term means?

The government does not need to raise money to pay for anything. Labour should just ditch the plan to charge VAT on fees and pay for training new teachers anyway.

This is why I think Labour framing taxing x to pay for y (as if government spending really works anything like that) is self defeating.

They're not really that relevant, the wording of that piece leaves it open as to who they'll back. Could they even just not explicitly support anybody?

Yes, both can be true. We don't spend enough and what we spend is often reactive to problems. The Tories have cut spending in health relative to the age of the population. In some respects the ministerial roles are not conducive to looking at things holistically.

The point is that the money spent on public services currently is insufficient, using terms like "throw more money at it" implies otherwise.

The IMF said the same back in 2010, the programme that followed is disastrous. It is not sustainable to pretend that a sovereign currency issuer must balance its income and expenditure. The austerity programme has caused myriad problems that will cost a great deal to fix, it is not sustainable...

The strain on public services is reduced by spending an adequate amount of money of them

Indeed, the request for cheap holidays is a long term one now!

What assumptions do the pollsters make about turnout? For example, it is assumed that turnout is consistent regardless of intention or is it assumed that don't knows are probably less likely to vote?

I was not at planning on going away this summer as we're now anticipating the arrival of baby #3 This constant pissing weather though is making me think about seeing what I could possibly get for as cheap as possible. Any recommendations here for places to look?

I'll raise you Sylvanian Families

There is no dependency on tax to pay for pensions in the UK. There is in an individual state in the Eurozone.

Hideously expensive to pay some of the worst state pensions in Europe