Tag Archives: Nadhim Zahawi

Will the response to Oxfam set a bar for business and politics?

Posted on February 11, 2018 by ianchisnall

One of the elements of the story that has blown up over the last few days is the response from No 10 and other political power bases regarding the support from our Government towards a charity which employed a small … Continue reading →

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sugar coated ignorance part 2

Posted on October 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

I wrote yesterday and on Tuesday about the Governments apparent failure to read its own report on sugar related matters (Public Health England’s “Sugar reduction: the evidence for action”) and their unwillingness to impose a sugar tax on unhealthy food. One vital … Continue reading →

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Bedroom Tax, we can fix it, or perhaps we can’t

Posted on September 19, 2013 by ianchisnall

One of the features on Newsnight last night was a discussion on the Governments single room subsidy or bedroom tax policy. The topic was chosen by the Newsnight team, fronted by Emily Maitlis following the release of some data that had been gathered by the … Continue reading →

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