Sir Keir Doge?

 Notable news today that Sir Keir Starmer is to get rid of the massive quango that is NHS England, an oversight body, saving billions of pounds.

So the NHS is  like the US Dept of Education. Administration costs soar , whilst patient outcomes and healthcare access has plummeted and costs are out of sight. Since the  US Dept of Education was founded (1979) the average cost of a public university education  has risen fro $10,200 ( 4 years) to $99,680 with  no increase in scholastic attainment.

In dollar power $10,200 in 1980 is now $32,900 after inflation. That should be the cost of a 4 year public  degree in USA today, so the costs   are now  3 X higher than economic reality. 

The budget of the Dept of Education in 1980 was $14.2 billion and in 2024 was $268 billion, but adjusted for inflation it's budget today should be some $54 billion.  The number of employees in the Dept  in 1980 and today is almost the same.  It is simply spending 3 x the amount of money for no change in educational outcome.

Which is why Trump  proposes to abolish  the Dept of Education and in UK presumably why Sir Kier has gone DOGE  and canned NHS England.  About the first right thing Sir Keir has done. Imagine what he will find if he looks into other government departments.