by Chris Rogers | 1 Aug 2017 | Education & Children's Services
When it was reported in early July that Education Secretary Justine Greening was aiming to secure more than a billion pounds in additional schools funding prior to the summer recess, her prospects for success were greeted with considerable skepticism. The subsequent...
by Chris Rogers | 28 Jul 2017 | Health
Last week, the Department of Health put on a strong show of force at its “Next Steps for STPs” breakfast hosted by The King’s Fund. Our team of healthcare consultants joined around 150 representatives from the healthcare sector, with The King’s Fund Chief Chris Ham...
by Chris Rogers | 28 Jul 2017 | European Union
Trump talks up trade Donald Trump this week slammed the “protectionist” EU and said that work was under way to secure a “major” deal with the UK. Choosing to take to social media to negotiate a trade arrangement Trump tweeted: “Working on major Trade Deal with the...
by Chris Rogers | 21 Jul 2017 | European Union
A picture is worth a thousand words As David Davis flew to Brussels to begin Brexit negotiations “in earnest” this week, Monday morning’s photo call seemed to say it all: Davis and his UK negotiators sat on one side of the table, seemingly without briefings to guide...
by Chris Rogers | 20 Jul 2017 | Politics
Downing Street staff could be forgiven if they had a giant clock somewhere in the building, counting down to 5pm to symbolise the start of the summer parliamentary recess and end of part of one of project ‘Save Theresa.’ Few if any would have returned to Parliament...