by Chris Rogers | 9 Sep 2016 | Health, Nutrition, Politics, Whitehouse News
Last month, the Government published its Childhood Obesity Plan that, among other measures, confirmed plans for a levy on soft drinks to tackle sugar consumption. But when will these measure come into force? And what will be the consequences of them when they do? The...
by Chris Rogers | 8 Sep 2016 | Health
The callous and unethical decision of the doctors’ trade union to call a series of five day strikes creates a huge opportunity for the fundamental reform that the National Health Service so desperately needs. The decision to delay the first of those strikes until...
by Chris Rogers | 25 May 2016 | Defence, Economy, European Union, Politics, Public Sector
Growing up I was an avid fan of The Simpsons, and it was always particularly funny when the family was on a trip with Bart and Lisa repeatedly shouting “Are we there yet?” at an ever-more frustrated Homer. For everyone bar the most fervent political wonks and hacks,...
by Chris Rogers | 1 Apr 2016 | Education & Children's Services, Health, Public Sector
Health and education. Two areas of policy vital to any government. And now it emerges that both could come out on strike at the same time. General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers Christine Blower has revealed at the NUT’s conference that teachers could...
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,...
