by Sam | 18 Jul 2013 | Uncategorized
More than one political commentator has described the House of Commons rising for its summer recess as an end of term – and, with some inevitability, there have been numerous ‘end of term’ reports assessing which of the political parties, and its leaders, will head...
by Sam | 16 Jul 2013 | Health
Winston Churchill once said “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” The sentiment neatly encapsulates the row between the Government and the Labour Party over the recent history of the NHS, sparked by the publication of a damning report by Sir Bruce...
by Sam | 15 Jul 2013 | Uncategorized
Lobbying is back in the headlines again, and this time the story is about whether the company of Tory election strategist-in-chief Lynton Crosby might have brought about a U-turn in Government policy on tobacco packaging by lobbying on behalf of clients in the tobacco...
by Sam | 12 Jul 2013 | Employment, Energy, Whitehouse News
Whitehouse Consultancy Managing Director Chris Whitehouse has called for the UK to “get fracking” in an article for The Universe. The Institute of Directors has claimed that the expansion of fracking in the UK could create 74,000 new jobs, with experts also...
by Sam | 11 Jul 2013 | Education & Children's Services
In his latest policy U-turn Education Secretary Michael Gove has today been forced to withdraw controversial Statutory Guidance on Home to School Transport after it was ruled to have breached conditions set out in the 1996 Education Act. A slimmed down guidance was...
