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...
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 | 7 May 2021 | Communications, Economy, Food, Nutrition and Public Health, Health, Health and Social care, Politics, Third Sector, Webinar, Whitehouse News
In a new report today by LSE/The Lancet, experts have warned that spending on the NHS, social care and public health needs to rise by £102bn over the next decade, funded by big tax rises, to improve Britain’s health in the wake of the pandemic. The report warns...
