Childrens Commissioner on experiences of Safeguarding
The Childrens Commissioner has published a good report looking at the experiences of the safeguarding system from a family perspective.There are some strong quotations...
Read this entry »John Hemming (Lib Dem)
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John, who is MP for Birmingham Yardley, told Blogminster: "It is important for MPs to communicate both ways with citizens. Electronic systems make this easier."Articles written by John Hemming (Lib Dem)
Blair admits overspending from 2005
The link is to the BBC story which includes the text:The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony...
Read this entry »German Army Report on Peak Oil
The link is to an English Translation in the german newspaper Der Spiegel. They are talking about Peak Oil being around nowish. (Although on...
Read this entry »Letter from Chief Executive NHS Direct
Dear Colleague, I expect that you will have read or seen the media coverage over the Bank holiday weekend about NHS Direct. I wanted to write...
Read this entry »111 and Labour’s synthetic rage over NHS Direct
So the government under Labour piloted a new scheme This was a scheme to replace NHS Direct with a new 111 non-emergency number.Quoting from...
Read this entry »Manchester Case
The link is to that dreadful case in Manchester.It does appear that it would have been possible absent adoption targets to have kept the elder...
Read this entry »The Emergency Budget and the IFS report
The "new" IFS report repeats substantially what they said at the time of the Emergency Budget.Firstly from a tax perspective the budget is progressive....
Read this entry »Panorama and the William Ward Case
The William Ward case was an exceptional case in a number of ways. However, Panorama have really missed the key points.Most mothers facing a...
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Victoria Ward and Panorama
The link is to a Panorama programme tonight about a family court case.This case was unusual because the Ward's were allowed to get a second opinion. Normally the...
Read this entry »The Children will be heard (forced adoption)
This is another case of an adoption that reverses as soon as the children get old enough. There will be a lot more of these....
Read this entry »Couple took cash for ‘loaning adopted girls to paedophiles’
This sort of story reported in the Daily Mail makes one wonder about the reliability of the assessment processes used by local authorities.Whether there will be...
Read this entry »100 Days
There is nothing really key about 100 days. It is a purely arbitrary point at which to assess a government.However, one key assessment is what the interest rate...
Read this entry »The Audit Commission
I must admit that when I looked in detail recently at one of the Audit Commission's inspection I saw an inspection where the conclusions had been identified before...
Read this entry »PFI is it value for money?
PFI costs a lot as the BBC have found (hat tip Bob Piper) - see link.The government claim it is value for money. The problem is that it is not.It is only calculated...
Read this entry »Legal aid proposals for family division
There is a lot of wailing going on about the legal aid proposals. Some of it may be valid.However, given that most firms of solicitors merely roll over when facing...
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