How can the NHS save money on procurement?

The Carter Review of NHS Productivity has set a goal to save £1 billion through procurement. The review team has honed in on price variation for consumable products as a key area where savings could be made, and it thinks the answer could be a single electronic...

Lib Dem revival shouldn’t start in the Lords

Back in May, the bottom fell off the earth for the Liberal Democrats. They went from a party of government to the fourth party of UK politics. And that was only because they got one more seat than the DUP and, for all their local electoral success and hype, UKIP...

Call it what it is – bad parliamentary behaviour

Members of the Daily Telegraph team aren’t feeling too happy with the world this morning. Why? Because Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw have been cleared of breaking parliamentary rules on paid lobbying. Both Sir Malcolm and Mr Straw had been the subjects of joint...