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More than half of all voters believe the Government should drop its controversial NHS reforms, according to a new opinion poll. An ICM poll for The Guardian found 52% believed the Health and Social Care Bill should be dropped as against 33% who said the Government should press ahead with the legislation. The findings suggest the row over the Bill may be damaging the coalition with the support for the Conservatives dropping from 40% to 36% – four points down on last month – while the Liberal Democrats were down two points on 14%. Labour, in contrast, has now overtaken the Tories rising to 37% – a two point increase on the previous month. The government is likely to come under further pressure today when Health Secretary Andrew Lansley faces health questions in the House of Commons. David Cameron yesterday insisted he was “committed” to pushing through the reforms – designed to hand greater financial powers to doctors – accusing opponents of peddling “myths” about their impact on the NHS. The prime minister came under fire for excluding critics of the legislation from a No 10 summit on the issue while Lansley was jostled and barracked by protesters as he entered Downing Street. On Monday Andrew Lansley was confronted with a small but very vocal demonstration outside Downing Street on Monday morning, as he attempted to make his way into No.10 for a summit on his unpopular health reforms. Labour leader Ed Miliband said the meeting – to which a string of high-profile professional bodies were not invited – exposed a “bunker mentality” by ministers. He renewed demands for the Bill, currently enduring a stormy passage through Parliament, to be dropped altogether and fresh reforms drawn up with professionals. :: ICM Research interviewed 1,013 adults aged 18 and over by telephone between February 17 and 19.
i would just like to know how are they getting bills passed with so much opposition it seems they are doing what they please regardless of public opinion in that case it has become a dictatorship what has happened to our democratic rights if this keeps going unchecked we will never have a standard of living to make the working classes old sick and injured pay for rich mans follies yet again is deplorable at best and the worst part is they actually convince themselves that they are right give arrogance and ignorance power this is the outcome
Comment by head56 — April 9, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
Hi Head56, the welfare reform and the Health and Social Care Bill are unsafe legislation, they have been forced through Parliament under the financial privilege rule which is clearly not appropriate as the condems were saying themselves the Bills were not about saving money. The courts have already ruled on the Health and Social Care Bill saying it was clearly not part of the condem manifesto, quickly drawn up and rushed through the consultation period which was cut short. This means hopefull it can be reversed by an incoming Government.
Comment by dwpexamination — April 9, 2012 @ 6:53 pm
thats scary i dread to think what state we will be in by the time we get a new government there will be nothing left to salvage using those methods they can push anything through surely it must question the legality of there actions they need to be stopped now they already think they can do as they please and seem to be doing so the last ego maniac started world war 2 god help us
Comment by head56 — April 10, 2012 @ 7:59 am