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 | 20 May 2021 | Civil liberties, Communications, European Union, Human rights and equality, Whitehouse News
Tucked away in the Queen’s Speech was an announcement that Government will introduce a Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Bill. The new law will stop local authorities and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from introducing...
by Whitehouse Communications | 19 May 2021 | Uncategorized
The recent Queens’ Speech and related briefing papers set out the government’s plans for new legislation. One of the Bills to be introduced will change the law on charities, how they are run, and how they are governed. New rules are on the way. The...
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 | 9 May 2021 | Communications, Energy, Energy and environment, Environment, Health, Health and Social care, Justice, Local Government, Whitehouse News
The State Opening of Parliament, with scaled back pageantry due to covid, is scheduled to take place on 11 May 2021. The State Opening marks the beginning of the parliamentary session. Its main purpose is for the monarch formally to open Parliament and, in the Queen’s...
