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Tag Archives: Government
Change is not easy
In a recent article in the Guardian, Jane Dudman reflects on a think tank report by the Institute For Government (IFG) on the process of outsourcing public services. The report entitled Making Public Service Markets Work suggests that the Government and Civil Service does not cope very well with … Continue reading
Another year older
Exactly a year ago we all woke up, knowing that London 2012 had been a great success and whilst there were things we could be cynical and critical about, that the end result was a great one. There were bound to be a few … Continue reading
Food for thought
Food waste will always be with us, to misquote the Bible unless all 63M of us are prepared to return to subsistence living, growing our own food and keeping chickens or pigs to eat all of our peelings and other inedible parts … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics
Tagged Charities, Daily Telegraph, FareShare, Food waste, Godfrey Bloom, Government, Justine Greening, Priti Patel, Voluntary Sector
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Don’t believe everything …..
With most Ministers, MPs and journalists on holiday, as the Today programme pointed out this morning the journalists still at their desks have to work harder for their stories. This must make it tempting to carry a piece that is provided by an MP wanting to get their … Continue reading
Who will count for us?
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
Posted in Health Reform, Welfare Reform
Tagged ATOS, Department for Work and Pensions, Ekklesia, Government, Member of Parliament
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Sauce for the Gander
The controversial decision by the Home Office to use advertising vans to intensify an already very active debate on illegal immigrants has inevitably cause a great deal of distress to many people including those whose families have been resident in the UK … Continue reading
A reckless approach to Policing
As I wrote yesterday the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been recently snubbed by the Home Secretary, as their President, Sir Hugh Orde attempts to bring some form of clarity to the relationship between the 41 Chief Constables and the elected Police and Crime Commissioners. … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing
Tagged ACPO, Association of Chief Police Officers, Conservative Party, European Court of Human Rights, Government, Home Affairs Select Committee, Home Secretary, Hugh Orde, Mark Reckless, Police and Crime Commissioner, Theresa May
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We need good links to the Home Office
In the eight months since the election of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales, the relationship between Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner has varied from the positive and warm to the down right hostile … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing
Tagged Association of Chief Police Officers, Conservative Party, Government, Home Office, Home Secretary, Hugh Orde, Independent Candidates, Labour Party, Police and Crime Commissioner, Theresa May, Whitehall
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A Diversion from Reality
Yesterday Matthew Hancock MP who is a Minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Nigel Farage MEP got into a bit of a scuffle over employment rights as the BBC reported here. The comments relate to the importance of … Continue reading
Good communication is only the start
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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