Most of these u-turns are for the better; however, this doesn't disguise the fact that the reason for the about turns is because they were ill-thought through in the first place. Time after time, this government has announced a policy that has been short on long-term significance, light on detail yet heavy-handed in execution.
1. NHS Direct 'not being scrapped' - http://bit.ly/lAdTjv
2. Government confirms re-think on school sport funding - http://bit.ly/mtyFFH
3. Downing Street rejects child milk scheme cut suggestion - http://bbc.in/k1NoGE
4. Sale of forests in England scrapped - http://bbc.in/jCmqmT
5. Plans to grant anonymity to rape case defendants scrapped - http://bit.ly/ketJd1
6. Government backtracks on Bookstart - http://bit.ly/j1AvuP
7. Housing benefit cap to be postponed until January 2012 - http://bit.ly/iIrrD1
8. Government admits defeat on immigration target - http://bit.ly/lU5nHV
9. Military covenant to be enshrined in law after months of criticism - http://bit.ly/mQKfUC
10. UK coastguard station closure plans 'scaled back' - http://bbc.in/lE0VHs
11. Government 'abandons' plans for weekly rubbish collection - http://bit.ly/mveDsv
12. Cameron tears up Ken Clarke's "soft" sentencing policies - http://bit.ly/iFGA0a
13. David Cameron denies 'humiliating U-turn' on NHS - http://tgr.ph/kryKEU
14. Treasury backtracks on Danny Alexander's pension reform plan - http://bit.ly/lVocDX
15. Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas - http://bit.ly/iz4qZA
16. Key localism reform axed from Bill - http://bit.ly/iMIg5l
17. BBC World Service receives government funding boost - http://bbc.in/iQsaGN
18. Ministers scale back coastguard closure plans further (see 10) - http://tgr.ph/opfqyK
19. Ministers accused of DNA database U-turn - http://bbc.in/nbvRvY
20. Grant Shapps backtracks on two-year tenancy limit - http://bbc.in/r6IboJ
21. NHS launches bowel cancer campaign after U-turn over advertising - http://bit.ly/qjflEn
22. Minister unveils revised cuts to UK coastguard centres - http://bbc.in/rAhSll
23. Clarke U-turn over scrapping of chief coroner - http://bbc.in/rwrfh1
24. Youth Justice Board saved from quango cull - http://bbc.in/sEhtNq
25. Labour's future jobs fund revised and reinstated - http://bit.ly/tj42nf
26. Mobility benefit for people in care homes to stay - http://bit.ly/tH3rCc
27. Rethink on £26,000 benefits cap - http://ind.pn/w68nWz
28. Government in new climbdown over benefit cap - http://ind.pn/xYZRBM
29. American-backed private universities plan dropped - http://tgr.ph/xhQ8Zc
30. Means testing of suspects held in police stations dropped - http://bit.ly/A4bHKV
31. Cameron in U-turn over fiscal policing of eurozone - http://bit.ly/ws3cw7
32. Ministers drop benefit sanctions threat from work experience scheme - http://bit.ly/AkXTia
33. Legal aid U-turn for babies and domestic violence victims - http://bit.ly/x9IHoj
34. NHS redundancy costs force government u-turn - http://bit.ly/I1oQXH
35. Cameron halts compulsory green deal policy on home improvements - http://bit.ly/I1oobT
36. U-turn opens up legal aid to domestic abuse victims - http://ind.pn/I0QXXE
37. U-turn signalled over no-notice inspections for schools - http://bbc.in/JaVuqU
38. Government forced into U-turn over Royal Navy fighter jets - http://bit.ly/K3V9E4
39. Cable forces Tory U-turn on workers' rights - http://ind.pn/Kt6ZWD
40. George Osborne backs down on pasty tax - http://tgr.ph/KAw59E
This list does not include pre-election promises and manifesto pledges, many of which were torn up as the coalition agreement was written.
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