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| − | Barbara Shenfield is a former academic director of the [[University of Buckingham]]. She has contributed to papers for the [[Adam Smith Institute]] and is a former chairwoman of the [[Women's Royal Voluntary Service]]<ref>David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, ''The Guardian'', 14-September-1984</ref>. | + | Barbara Shenfield is a former academic director of the [[University of Buckingham]]. She has contributed to papers for the [[Adam Smith Institute]] and is a former chairwoman of the [[Women's Royal Voluntary Service]]<ref>David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, ''The Guardian'', 14-September-1984</ref>. In 1985 Shenfield was on the [[Margaret Thatcher]] government's child benefit review program, this prompted [[Gordon Brown]] then a Labour MP to complain that child benefit was being hijacked by right wing pressure groups<ref>David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, ''The Guardian'', 14-September-1984</ref>. |
==Advocate of Private Healthcare reform== | ==Advocate of Private Healthcare reform== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:50, 1 September 2010
Barbara Shenfield is a former academic director of the University of Buckingham. She has contributed to papers for the Adam Smith Institute and is a former chairwoman of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service[1]. In 1985 Shenfield was on the Margaret Thatcher government's child benefit review program, this prompted Gordon Brown then a Labour MP to complain that child benefit was being hijacked by right wing pressure groups[2].
Advocate of Private Healthcare reform
Shenfield contributed to a 1984 Adam Smith Institute paper which argued that users of private medical services should receive tax rebates to cover the cost of non-essential drugs and services supplied on the National Health Service[3].
Affiliations
Adam Smith Institute | University of Buckingham | Women's Royal Voluntary Service
Notes
- ↑ David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, The Guardian, 14-September-1984
- ↑ David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, The Guardian, 14-September-1984
- ↑ David Hearst, Review of child benefit 'hijacked by right' / Labour MP calls for scrapping of review or dismissal of the two non-government members, The Guardian, 14-September-1984
