by Chris Rogers | 24 Mar 2016 | Health, Politics, Public Sector
It’s not so much a case of ‘war declared’ as the battle of wills between Jeremy Hunt and the BMA being escalated to total war. The announcement by the BMA that the next walkout of junior doctors will be an “all-out strike,” in which emergency care won’t be covered,...
by Chris Rogers | 24 Mar 2016 | Politics, PR and Media Relations
In the run-up to the General Election last year, much was made of Tory strategist Lynton Crosby’s insistence of ‘scraping off the barnacles’. The Conservative electoral campaign was a ship, and anything outside of the core messaging to voters was a barnacle on the...
by Chris Rogers | 21 Mar 2016 | Education & Children's Services, Employment, Whitehouse News
Issues-led communications agency The Whitehouse Consultancy is calling for pupils from ethnic backgrounds to apply for its Diversity Work Experience Scheme in an effort to encourage pupils to become more politically active and consider careers in politics. The...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Mar 2016 | European Union, Whitehouse News
Whitehouse Associate Political Consultant Elias Papadopoulos has commented for the PubAffairs website on the ‘Week in Brussels’, highlighting long-term unemployment and continuing negotiations over the migrant crisis. To read Elias’s column, please...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Mar 2016 | Children and Families, Economy, Health, Politics
On Wednesday the Chancellor did the expected in dropping a ‘surprise’ into his Budget. But few people expected he would announce a tax on sugary drinks, to be introduced in 2018. It also diverted immediate attention from less impressive announcements, such as the...
