Budget votes: Ministers’ new hurdle

Imagine you’re a director, or even a partner in a business. Chances are you wouldn’t be happy if the managing director and chief financial officer attempted to sign off next year’s budget in one go. Picture it. The plans for the next year, which will determine whether...

Analysis of the Carter Review

Last week, Lord Carter published a review of the NHS that outlined recommendations as to how the health service – which is expected to save £22 billion by the end of the decade – can find financial efficiencies. The Whitehouse Consultancy health team have...

"Closed shop at the top" in elitist Britain, says research

Britain is “deeply elitist”, according to Government-commissioned analysis of the backgrounds of prominent public figures. The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission looked at the upbringing of more than 4,000 figures from business, politics, the public sector...