RSS FeedVolunteering to tackle the literacy time bomb | 19/03/12
When David Cameron launched the Big Society in 2010 he said something that struck a chord with me, "there are the things you do because it's your passion”....Read More
Health and Social Care - Parliamentary Round Up - March 2012 | 24/02/12
Column by Rukayah Sarumi which appeared in the March edition of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) member's newsletter....Read More
The beginning of the end for the Health & Social Care Bill? | 10/02/12
Later this year my younger brother will complete his degree in medicine. At the same time, in a wonderful moment of symmetry, our father will retire from the NHS after 35 years. ...Read More
Health and Social Care - Parliamentary Round Up - February 2012 | 24/01/12
Column by Rukayah Sarumi which appeared in the February edition of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) member's newsletter....Read More
Private v. Public in the NHS – isn’t it time the debate grew up? | 28/12/11
Yesterday’s reports that a recently proposed amendment to the Health & Social Care Bill could see National Health Service foundation hospitals allowed to raise nearly half of their funding through private work have generated predictably stormy responses....Read More
Did Cameron achieve what he wanted at the Conservative Party Conference? | 19/10/11
Despite the drama of Liam Fox’s resignation, which will soon be a forgotten story (a week is a long time in politics), I think it is fair to say that David Cameron and his Team will be happy with the outcome from the Party Conference season. ...Read More
Normal service is resumed | 16/08/11
The dust has settled, quite literally, on the English cities that experienced rioting over the last week. However, we are now once again seeing clashes of a different kind, and it’s back to business as usual in the perpetual struggle of Opposition vs. Government. ...Read More
From London and Proud | 11/08/11
London is the beacon city for diversity. We celebrate young and old and welcome cultures from all over the globe. It is this London that won Britain’s Olympic bid, this London that bounced back in the face of 7/7, and it is this London that will continue to thrive in the face of the recent spate of devastating riots....Read More
Happy Anniversary Mr Speaker! | 23/06/11
Yesterday marked the second anniversary John Bercow’s election as Speaker of the House of Commons, an event which, as Mrs Bercow revealed on Twitter, prompted their children into buying their father an ‘I am 2’ badge....Read More
Will the Coalition Stay the Course – I am for the first time not so sure | 27/04/11
I am increasingly revisiting my, hitherto cast iron, certainty on whether the Coalition will make it until the end of this Parliament....Read More
