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Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith
Universal chaos
It seems inconceivable after 4 years of the Governments legislative programme that a major item of their welfare reforms has still not been signed off by the Treasury. The MPs who were involved in the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee … Continue reading
Votes are for 5 years, not just 1 day
To find someone complaining that within days of an election, that the results have been ignored by those in power is hardly a shock. However the person complaining here is not an angry Conservative voter upset that despite a promise of no top … Continue reading
A sign of things to come?
There are no indications that David Cameron offered to play Bingo or drink any Beer with any of the Party workers or other Pensioners present when he visited Peacehaven yesterday. The visit, in this case hosted by SAGA magazine is part of the way through the … Continue reading
Send in the engineers?
In the last few days the tension between religious leaders and the Government has peaked over welfare reforms. The immediate catalyst for this was an interview in the Daily Telegraph last week with Archbishop Vincent Nichols in anticipation of his … Continue reading
A challenge for all of us!
According to Iain Duncan Smith, the Trussell Trust are scaremongering when they suggest that the increased use of foodbanks over recent years is in part linked to welfare reforms. As the Daily Mail reports, Mr Duncan Smith wrote to the … Continue reading
Jeremy and the bank of you and I
Yesterday Jeremy Hunt appeared on several broadcast channels responding to the report on the Stafford Hospital promising to make a number of changes in the light of the failure by the Trust running the Hospital. Amongst other matters that he spoke … Continue reading
Lets put things right now!
It is easy to find fault with any government, the challenge of running a nation, even a small one like ours depends on decisions or statements made on a scale that can inevitably lead to failure in the margins. However any public failures … Continue reading
By their actions…
The work of a constituency MP demands a great deal from one person, who is simultaneously expected to deal with some of the most difficult social issues in the lives of their constituents, appear statesperson-like in the House of Commons, and … Continue reading
Not that open after all
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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