Category Archives: Welfare Reform

Not that open after all

Posted on November 3, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Thursday David Cameron attended a conference held in London which was intended to promote the use of open data by Governments and private business. One of the aims of the summit was to ‘open up government data to boost entrepreneurship, economic … Continue reading →

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The consequences of DWP rhetoric

Posted on October 21, 2013 by ianchisnall

Finding critics of Iain Duncan Smith and his welfare reforms is not difficult, despite the statistics that suggest that some of them have broad levels of support. Many of these changes have only just begun to take affect or are waiting … Continue reading →

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The problem with World Food Day

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ianchisnall

68 years ago the United Nations instigated World Food Day to spread the message of unity and support in face of increasing global poverty and hunger. This event is marked across the world by organisations, such as the World Food Program, that dedicate … Continue reading →

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We must talk about all of the Waste

Posted on October 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Government has launched a new loan fund to enable a small number of farmers to build small scale Anerobic Digestion units on their farms. The funding is a modest £3M and the Farmers can apply for up to £400,000 … Continue reading →

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Job creation and foodbanks

Posted on October 6, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday I attended a meeting in Brighton organised by the Food Partnership to bring together the many foodbanks in our small city. It was the second such meeting and in the 3-4 months since we first met at least … Continue reading →

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Nick, did you remember to kick the wheels?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by ianchisnall

“If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is!” A week ago it appeared that the big idea for this weeks Lib Dem conference was to be charging for plastic bags. Then on Tuesday Nick Clegg visited … Continue reading →

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Bedroom Tax, we can fix it, or perhaps we can’t

Posted on September 19, 2013 by ianchisnall

One of the features on Newsnight last night was a discussion on the Governments single room subsidy or bedroom tax policy. The topic was chosen by the Newsnight team, fronted by Emily Maitlis following the release of some data that had been gathered by the … Continue reading →

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Another Political Disconnect

Posted on August 28, 2013 by ianchisnall

I wrote yesterday about the failure of Theresa May to take people trafficking seriously for over 6 years, and then her welcome but unexpected decision to introduce additional legislation during this governmental year, even though no mention was made of … Continue reading →

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Who will count for us?

Posted on August 1, 2013 by ianchisnall

Two years ago I began to blog on an occasional basis, two months ago I changed my approach to publish a new blog each day. In total I have written 178 blogs and I genuinely think that todays topic is one … Continue reading →

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Good communication is only the start

Posted on July 26, 2013 by ianchisnall

As I wrote yesterday, the announcement via interview by the Archbishop of Canterbury that he intended to do Wonga out of business appeared to lack a certain amount of planning. After I had posted my blog I travelled to Hove Town … Continue reading →

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