by Sam | 18 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
What with high-fiving Jean-Claude Junker, reshuffling his Cabinet, facing criticism over proposed honours for former ministers and seeing his new Chief Whip defeated by, of all things, a House of Commons toilet, no-one can say David Cameron’s week has been dull. This...
by Sam | 17 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The King’s Fund has published its Quarterly Monitoring Report on NHS performance. It notes that, in its fourth year of effectively no real increase in funding and undiminished urgency to generate more care to meet growing demands, the NHS is under huge pressure...
by Sam | 17 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The Health Service Journal reveals that a Freedom of Information request to CCGs on tendering community services contracts has shown that, out of 195 who replied, 72 holding such contracts said they had no plans to retender them. These contracts are estimated at £2.3...
by Sam | 17 Jul 2014 | Whitehouse News
Despite the failings of the BBC, the licence fee is worth saving, argues Whitehouse Chairman Chris Whitehouse in his latest article for The Universe. To read Chris’s article, click here.
by Sam | 16 Jul 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Ofsted published a report today revealing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is closing in some parts of the country, but warned other parts were improving too slowly. The report is the third in a series of updates on the progress schools...
