Sharing the carig? - Despite all the promises, this week's out of hospital care white paper will bring little cheer to desperately hard-pressed adult social services

News analysis - No public service will be safe from the possibility of cuts if the UK is to close its £90bn fiscal gap

Shifrin, Tash, (2009)

A lost cause? Critics call it the 'database state' but the government defends the growing volume of details it is storing on citizens as vital to improving services. It's a shame its argument is weakened by a disastrous series of data losses

Shifrin, Tash, (2008)

Community scare - Community hospitals are being threatened with closure just as they are being touted as a 'key resource'

Shifrin, Tash, (2006)