Sajid Javid joins calls to replace ‘unfit’ NHS with insurance model
Health News

Sajid Javid joins calls to replace ‘unfit’ NHS with insurance model

Monday 14 July 2025 10:01 pm|Updated:Monday 14 July 2025 5:38 pmThe NHS should no longer be taxpayer-funded, a Sajid Javid-backed paper has argued. Former health secretary Sajid Javid has joined calls for a major overhaul of the National Health Service (NHS) that would see it replaced by a universal social insurance-based model. Javid said a “serious conversation with taxpayers” about how to fund the institution was “long overdue,” throwing his weight behind a paper by Policy Exchange which warned the NHS was “structured in a way that guarantees permanent crisis.” The Labour government has pumped extra cash into the NHS as part of a ten-year strategy to reform the system as the budget for the Department for Health and Social Care will increase by 2.8 per cent in real terms in the next three years. But leading academics...
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Trump ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ provides $85 million to move a NASA space shuttle. Here’s where
Science & Technology

Trump ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ provides $85 million to move a NASA space shuttle. Here’s where

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Adeleke, Tinubu, and Yoruba Agenda
Politics

Adeleke, Tinubu, and Yoruba Agenda

Osun politics is a micro battleground for 2027 elections. Osun is a war space for Yoruba agenda. It is a war between President Bola Tinubu and Rauf Aregbesola. Governor Ademola Adeleke is caught in between this serious war between two old friends. Adeleke’s sin is his popularity, which made him a potent political asset in the unfolding war. Aside his popularity, security reports confirmed he has performed well in terms of delivery of good governance and democratic dividends. Security and political analysts around the president also eye the social capital from identification with the Davido brand as well as the potency of the Igbo background of the Adelekes. Hence, a studied conclusion is that the dancing governor is an asset of significant impact if acquired and deployed. Osun is a war front as it stands today. The warriors...
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