by Whitehouse Communications | 7 May 2021 | Communications, Energy, Energy and environment, Environment, Local Government, PR and Media Relations, Public Sector, Transport, Transport and infrastructure, Whitehouse News
Government in England is determined to increase consistency in recycling to reduce confusion in the materials that can be collected for recycling at kerbside, and to address the urban myth that much of the “recycling” carefully separated out by households...
by Whitehouse Communications | 5 Feb 2021 | Civil liberties, Health, PR and Media Relations, Whitehouse News
We all have the opportunity to tell government what we think about existing regulation of tobacco products through a new consultation launched by the Department of Health and Social Care [DHSC]. Britain no longer has to comply with the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive...
by Sam | 23 Jul 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education has launched a consultation into draft proposals which give admission authorities the option to prioritise disadvantaged children in their admission arrangements. Under the draft admissions code, all state-funded schools would have the...
by Sam | 10 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The Department of Health is seeking views on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act (1983) Code of Practice. The Code guides health practitioners’ decisions, protects patients’ rights and ensures that the Mental Health Act is properly followed. It also gives advice...
by Sam | 16 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The DfE has published the findings of, and its response to, the consultation on the special educational needs (SEN) code of practice. Interestingly the response said that the largest single category of respondents to both the autumn and spring consultation was local...
