Category Archives: Youth Issues

Greater licensing power for our Councils

Posted on April 10, 2017 by ianchisnall

Today’s blog also appears in The Argus newspaper and relates to the night time economy which is a big issue here in Sussex: Over the last few weeks, putting the nonsense of Easter Egg hunts aside, Government attention appears to all … Continue reading →

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Who’d employ an apprentice?

Posted on April 4, 2017 by ianchisnall

The world of apprenticeships is about to go through a major change. A major change was proposed just after Theresa May was chosen as our Prime Minister by Tory MPs following David Camerons resignation. The plan is that from Thursday, … Continue reading →

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Education but not as we want it

Posted on March 27, 2017 by ianchisnall

There is a crisis in education occuring in Schools across the UK. Today I have written about it in our local paper, The Argus: Every generation faces challenges when it comes to education. As a child of the 60’s I … Continue reading →

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Housing for young people

Posted on March 20, 2017 by ianchisnall

The following article focuses on the crisis in Youth Homelessness and the need for powerful advocates, it is published this morning in The Argus newspaper: There are few people who have the privilege of living in a Palace, particularly one … Continue reading →

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The Rite of Passage is going wrong

Posted on March 14, 2017 by ianchisnall

At the beginning of this year Theresa May gave the annual Charity Commission lecture which she entitled ‘The Shared Society’ which was widely recognised as a way of putting to death once and for all the ‘Big Society’ of David … Continue reading →

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End in sight for a mixed economy?

Posted on March 11, 2017 by ianchisnall

During the reign of the coalition Government one significant focal points was their attempt to reduce the size of the State through the creation of mutual organisations, inspired by the success of companies such as John Lewis. Whole sections were … Continue reading →

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Creative thinking produces results

Posted on February 24, 2017 by ianchisnall

Last night in Brighton and Hove the Council managed to pass the budget for the next financial year on its second attempt. One of the areas which has suffered, but thankfully not as much as could easily have been the … Continue reading →

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We need a Government of Hope

Posted on February 12, 2017 by ianchisnall

The many memorials to the great work of Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport from 79 years ago should act as a reminder of the way in which our nation was once a beacon of Hope across Europe and throughout the … Continue reading →

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Theresa the exaggerator

Posted on February 5, 2017 by ianchisnall

Understandably this week at Questions to the Prime Minister or PMQs a lot of the focus was on the visit to America by Theresa May. She went through the various Questions and Answers, mostly batting away criticism until Jonathan Reynolds … Continue reading →

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The Spark is about to go out

Posted on January 11, 2017 by ianchisnall

The following has been published in the Argus today as the daily opinion piece. SPARK are a charity I have worked with since before they changed their name, and in recent years the company I work for has been proud … Continue reading →

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