by Chris Rogers | 25 Jun 2015 | Uncategorized
South Africa mocks ethos of Magna Carta by letting tyrant Al-Bashir walk free, writes Whitehouse Chairman Chris Whitehouse for his latest column in The Universe magazine. To view Chris’s column, click here.
by Chris Rogers | 24 Jun 2015 | Economy, Welfare
It’s a bit like a maths equation: Conservatives plus General Election win equals public spending, and therefore welfare, cuts. There was a certain inevitability about further cuts to the welfare state when it emerged that David Cameron would be keeping the keys to...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jun 2015 | Politics, Public Sector
“You idiot. You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop.” Rather than a disincentive to carry on reading, those are Tony Blair’s self-remonstrations – made in his auto-biography over his introduction of Freedom of Information requests. The former Prime Minister...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A portion of schools’ funding would be made conditional on students remaining in some form of education or training after taking their GCSEs, under new reforms announced by Labour. Labour’s independent skills taskforce has announced a series of reforms to...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Mar 2014 | Children and Families
Labour is understood to be considering setting a legal maximum on the amount of sugar, fat and salt in foods aimed at children. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham said drastic action was needed to prevent child obesity and will announce Labour’s proposal in a review...