Tag Archives: Justine Greening

One visit will not change lives

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ianchisnall

The visit to Cardinal Newman School in Brighton this week, by Jeremy Hunt was very welcome, coming during mental health awareness week. The visit was used to highlight a partnership between the cities Clinical Commissioning Group, Brighton and Hove City Council … Continue reading →

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My choices? My demands?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by ianchisnall

According to debates and discussions that have taken place over the last 36 hours on various national political stages it seems as our nation is about to plunge into a very unfamiliar educational environment. The introduction of new Grammar Schools … Continue reading →

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Working with the voluntary sector

Posted on August 9, 2016 by ianchisnall

It is not uncommon for politicians to make speeches applauding the good work of the voluntary and community sector. However translating the warm words that they utter into tangible change is not quite so easy. In the review of childrens … Continue reading →

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One of our Ministers is missing

Posted on August 2, 2016 by ianchisnall

On 1st July 2016 the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education, Sam Gyimah spoke at the annual conference National Day Nurseries Association where he announced that he would be reviewing the staff structure to deliver the 30 hours of free … Continue reading →

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Come on Justine!

Posted on February 19, 2016 by ianchisnall

Last night on Question Time, Justine Greening Conservative MP for Putney raised an important issue that deserves wider discussion, the problem of safe parliamentary seats that always return the same political party from one General Election to another over decades or even centuries. … Continue reading →

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Food for thought

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ianchisnall

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 →

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