A Blog About Health In Times Of Austerity

Posts tagged "Judith Green"
Can we afford to abandon universal benefits?

Can we afford to abandon universal benefits?

With means tested child benefit, and older people’s bus passes under threat we’re told that subsiding the affluent and universal benefits are no longer affordable. New rules this week for parents where one earns over £50k mean filling in complicated... More…
Snog, eat, avoid?

Snog, eat, avoid?

Beloved companion or health risk?  Or dinner? Start a debate about how we should relate to other species, and sparks soon fly – the ethics of hunting, bull fighting, laboratory tests on rabbits, eating some animals and not others, and... More…
Is driving the new smoking?

Is driving the new smoking?

Cars are rubbish for health.  The trouble is, speed, shiny new wheels and Top Gear do still exert a strange attraction for rather too many of us… Our love affair with a private bubble of transport has been blamed for... More…