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Tag Archives: Amber Rudd
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have lied
As Boris stated back a week last Monday in his response to the Sue Gray report “this Leader of the Opposition, a former Director of Public Prosecutions—although he spent most of his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson, Dominic Grieve, Jimmy Savile, Keir Starmer, Michael Gove
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Very disturbing Tory Ministers
It seems as if each week primarily inside Parliament that senior members of the Government raise themes that most of us do not treat seriously or indeed find very deeply disturbing. As Parliament meets this week for the last few … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove, Peter Bottomley
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After #6months what are the results of your review Justin?
On the 11th July 2019, Amber Rudd who at that time was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions admitted that there needed to be a reform of the current process for those nearing the end of their lives, … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Justin Madders, Justin Tomlinson, Therese Coffey
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2019 General Election follows European Election which followed Local Elections!
It appears as though the election scheduled to take place a month from tomorrow will be a great deal more uncertain than the previous events that most people have ever experienced. The number of well-known existing MPs who have either … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Amber Rudd, Caroline Lucas, Hastings, Referendum
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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the Ministers new Surgery
Based on my own very limited observation of Parliamentary debates, at one time only occasionally MPs would stand up and speak about one of their constituents and their experiences so that Parliament could be persuaded to focus on the realities … Continue reading
Sanctions should be proportionate….
…and apply to all recipients of public funding if the words of Amber Rudd are to be treated with some fairness. Last Thursday she made a statement and included these words “Conditionality and sanctions are an important part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Amber Rudd, Peta Buscombe, Universal Credit
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Government must clarify its use of CJTF
Our Government tends to adapt terminology from various sources in an attempt to sound good and sadly they often achieve nothing as a result. To clarify the term ‘task force’ which the Home Office seems to like using, NATO defined … Continue reading
The core purpose that needs addressing
The interview on Radio BBC 5live with Amber Rudd on Tuesday included the statement from her “The core purpose of this government is to run a strong economy and to look after the communities that we come from and that … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Article 50
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Dear Sarah and Amber, Please reorganise your engagement proposals
It is easy to criticise Ministers for getting things wrong, however the challenge is how to persuade them to put right ideas which have a good basis and could be relatively easily adjusted. One example of this is an approach … Continue reading
Sussex travellers need some justification for todays 3.1% railfare increase
Parliamentary rules suggest that under most settings local people can only expect to hear from their own MP if they want to ask a question. However there are always going to be exceptions and the following is surely one of … Continue reading
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