CAGE versus the Charity Commission

Last Wednesday (21 October) an important agreement was reached between the campaign group Last Wednesday (21 October) an important agreement was reached between the campaign group CAGE, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) and the Charity Commission at...

Deceit is the real constitutional crisis

Deceit takes many forms. The outright lie, the partial truth, concealment, the broken promise. Deceit takes many forms. The outright lie, the partial truth, concealment, the broken promise. The common factor is almost always a desire to gain advantage. If the...

David Cameron’s mind-forg’d manacles

At Prime Minister’s Questions today, David Cameron repeatedly stated that if the government did not cut tax credits, then that money would have to be cut from education or the NHS. At Prime Minister’s Questions today, David Cameron repeatedly stated that...

The worst of times

On Monday, the streets of Whitehall were full of protesters. Not an unusual occurrence in Westminster of course, except that on this occasion the demonstrators were junior doctors, a societal group not known for their rabble rousing. In fact, it is so rare for them to...