http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/19/labour-no-longer-credible-party-lord-warner-resigns-whip Lord Warner resigns Labour whip, saying party is 'no longer credible' Lord Warner, who wanted to charge people £10 to use the NHS, steps down Before everyone gets too excited about Lord Warner (Lord who?) becoming the first Jeremy Corbyn era Labour parliamentarian to resign the whip, perhaps we might examine the background and “political” credentials of the now "new" cross bench peer. A career civil servant from 1960, the Life Peer held offices in the Blair government, being a Parliamentary Under Secretary in the Department of Health from 2003 to 2007, and a Minister of State in the department of Health from 2005 to 2007. he has also been “adviser” to a number of “consulting” companies. He was appointed by the Coalition government as Chair of the Social Care Funding Commission in August 2010. This unelected and unaccountable civil serv...
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/18/nurses-debate-10-fee-to-visit-gp Nurses debate £10 fee to visit GP Patients would pay to see their GP This is an appalling proposition. Only recently, 31st March this year, a Labour peer, a former Labour minister in fact made a similar proposal, but suggested a tax of £10 to be collected monthly in conjunction with the Council tax. At the time, I wrote, "Imposing a monthly levy for everyone to use the NHS. A proposal from a former Labour Minister, who now sits in the house of Lords. This dinosaur from the House of dinosaurs should feel ashamed of his Guardian article, but clearly will feel no remorse as he reaches for his pen to complete another House of Lords.expenses claim . Warner, a appointee of Blair, (now there's a surprise) now works with the right wing think tank "Reform" and has co-authored a report that says "dramatic action is needed". It makes no mention, at least none reported,...
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/31/nhs-users-pay-membership-charge NHS users should pay £10 a month, says former health minister Former Health Minister Lord Warner Imposing a monthly levy for everyone to use the NHS. A proposal from a former Labour Minister, who now sits in the house of Lords. This dinosaur from the House of dinosaurs should feel ashamed of his Guardian article, but clearly will feel no remorse as he reaches for his pen to complete another House of Lords.expenses claim . Warner, a appointee of Blair, (now there's a surprise) now works with the right wing think tank "Reform" and has co-authored a report that says "dramatic action is needed". It makes no mention, at least none reported, of what effect that would have on the sick or disabled, pensioners, unemployed or other members of our society who would in all probability, be unable to afford yet another extortion of money from already stretched budgets, with the...