by Whitehouse Communications | 15 Dec 2021 | Civil liberties, Communications, Health, Health and Social care, PR and Media Relations, Whitehouse News
The big Tory beasts are biding their time, says Whitehouse Communications Chair, Chris Whitehouse. The BBC loves to big up its “Tory rebellion” stories to suggest that Conservative Party unity is on the brink of a precipice over which Boris Johnson is about to take...
by Whitehouse Communications | 22 May 2021 | Civil liberties, Education & Children's Services, Human rights and equality, Justice, Politics, Public Sector, Third Sector, Whitehouse News
Without free speech, there can be no free exchange of ideas, no free society and no effective democracy. Even, or perhaps especially, during the pandemic there has been robust public discourse about the scale and impact of the threat to life and to the economy that...
by Whitehouse Communications | 12 May 2021 | Communications, Education & Children's Services, Employment, Energy, Energy and environment, Environment, Food & Drink, Food, Nutrition and Public Health, Health, Health and Social care, Human rights and equality, Justice, Local Government, Nutrition, Planning, Politics, PR and Media Relations, Public Sector, Transport, Transport and infrastructure, Welfare, Whitehouse News
The Queen’s Speech may have lasted only a few minutes and announced only a couple of dozen new Bills. But the full briefing document runs to 163 pages and contains a few unexpected surprises for policy wonks and political nerds like me. The full text of the...
by Whitehouse Communications | 11 Feb 2021 | Children and Families, Coronavirus, Culture & Heritage, Economy, Employment, Gender, Health, PR and Media Relations
The recent report on the gendered economic impact of COVID-19 published by the UK Parliamentary Women and Equalities Select Committee found that the economic impact of coronavirus has affected men and women differently. It highlights that pre-existing gendered...