by Chris Rogers | 15 Jul 2016 | Politics, Whitehouse News
The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, has completed an extensive Cabinet reshuffle to stamp her authority on the Government. When putting together her first Cabinet, Theresa May has showed which qualities may come to define her time as Prime Minister: neutralising her...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jul 2016 | Defence, Economy, Health, Local Government, Politics
Most of us probably don’t include the phrases ‘visit the Queen,’ ‘form a government,’ ‘collect Downing Street keys from Dave,’ and ‘buy food for Larry the cat’ on our daily list of things to do. But that is what’s on the docket for incoming Prime Minister...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jul 2016 | Education & Children's Services
For a generation, expectations for education after secondary school have been geared towards higher (achieving a university degree of some form) rather than vocational education (covering skills courses). Young people are now far more likely to go to university than...
by Chris Rogers | 12 Jul 2016 | Politics
For any Labour Kremlinologists, recent weeks have been a fantastic spectacle with factional splits becoming more marked than at any point since, arguably, the 1982 deputy leadership contest. In that instance Tony Benn took on Denis Healey for what has come to be known...
by Chris Rogers | 12 Jul 2016 | Politics
So, David Cameron’s out and Theresa May is in. In a flurry of activity yesterday that will have left many political hacks gasping for breath and most members of the public with near whiplash at the speed of developments, the Tory leadership contest ended with a rather...