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Tag Archives: Government
Benefits a safety net, not a reward for being good
At the time of posting over 219,000 people in the UK have signed an e-petition requesting that the Government withdraws benefits from any of the rioters who have been convicted for offences committed in London in recent weeks. The threshold for the Government to consider … Continue reading
Does fear really lead to innovation?
Yesterdays Guardian reported on a recent visit to the London HQ of KPMG by Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy advice (http://tinyurl.com/44d7tjp). The visit was to launch a report called ‘Your Choice: How to get better public services’ written by Chris Nicholson who … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Chris Nicholson, Government, KPMG, Mumsnet, Oliver Letwin
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Do we need a deliberative democracy?
A fascinating exchange took place on the Today programme in the 08:50 slot on Friday 29th July with Sarah Montague interviewing The leader of the House of Commons, Sir George Young on the latest plans to open up Parliament to … Continue reading
The Threat to our Health Services
I confess to having no instinctive empathy with the views and policies of our current Government but hope that I have the integrity to acknowledge that all sides of the political spectrum are capable of having ideas that can strengthen and … Continue reading
Posted in Health Reform
Tagged Andrew Lansley, Conservative Party, Government, GP Consortia, NHS, Primary Care Trust, Sussex
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The compromise in British Policing
It seems clear that one of the reasons why Neil Wallis was appointed as advisor to the Metropolitan Police was that he was close to Andy Coulson who was then Advisor to David Cameron and seemed destined to move with … Continue reading
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