The Labour Government

[Mr Kobayashi]

You still spend very little on health per capita. About a 20th of what the UK did prior onto covid.

Are you measuring it as % of GDP (dollar equivalent) or actual buying power?

 

[blueparrot]

All those lockdowns, and don't leave home, and there was a drop off in births?

Yes, most people aren't irresposible, they had worries over their futures and job security, they probably had a drop of income. No surprise many put off starting a family.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

You still spend very little on health per capita. About a 20th of what the UK did prior to covid.

China is a third world developing country.
UK, first world!

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

If fraud was committed then it can be recovered from the former owners if they are in the UK or their assets are in the UK. It's not really about recovering it all though.

They need to use these scandals to kill off the electoral chances of the conservative party for a generation. Another thing to consider would be voting rights for long term UK residents that don't have citizenship.

Very true, it's just very hard to prove that the fraud act was dliberate.

Personally I would prefer it if those that gave their mates PPE contracts were to be held to account. There were some damming reports in the last couple of years by the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office condemning the Government procurement process which could and should IMO have led to enquiries into the conduct of a number of MPs and the Department of Health. This was all subsequently brushed under the carpet by the last Government.

 

[Manc in London]

China implemented a two child policy in 2015 in order to boost the population (previously there had been a 1 child policy) . The only people this limit doesn't apply to are those that work on the boats that transport goods around the country.

The new policy will allow almost all Chinese people to have their preferred number of children. The benefits of the new policy include: a large reduction in abortions of unapproved pregnancies, virtual elimination of the problem of unregistered children, and a more normal sex ratio. All of these effects should improve health outcomes. Effects of the new policy on the shrinking workforce and rapid population ageing will not be evident for two decades. In the meantime, more sound policy actions will be implemented to meet the social, health, and care needs of the elderly population.

The effects of China’s universal two-child policy

In October, 2015, China’s one-child policy was replaced by a universal two-child policy. The effects of the new policy are inevitably speculative, but predictions can be made based on recent trends. The population increase will be relatively small, ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

There are calls in India to enact a similar policy.

I was aware of the one child policy but 7.51 blew my mind.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

China is a third world developing country.
UK, first world!

OK fair enough but how do you justify having such low health care standards vs a space program and a massive Navy with an aggressive territorial expansion plan in the South China Sea.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Are you measuring it as % of GDP (dollar equivalent) or actual buying power?

Per capita

 

[mosssideblue]

Good idea by Reeves, but I doubt she will be able to recover much, most was leant to Ltd companies that I suspect have folded.

Mone will be sleeping with one eye open. There will be more like her too.

Prison time for those Government ministers and officials overseeing this fraud would also be welcome

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

OK fair enough but how do you justify having such low health care standards vs a space program and a massive Navy with an aggressive territorial expansion plan in the South China Sea.

Errr, military budget only 1.3~1.6% of the GDP, lower than medical system...

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Mone will be sleeping with one eye open. There will be more like her too.

Prison time for those Government ministers and officials overseeing this fraud would also be welcome

I’m anything but a hang ‘em and flog ‘em merchant, but in circumstances such as these it’s a shame the statutory maximum sentence for fraud in ten years.