Category Archives: Top250

In years gone by our MP’s used to be somebody who had served their local community in a professional manner or had been a successful local businessman who then felt able to serve their constituents in the advanced years. Is there any reason why a “Ministerial” position could not be filled on a commercial basisContinue reading “Appoint the right person for the job.”

All cancer patients now have to have their case presented to a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to sanction treatment pathways. In principle this is a brilliant idea and I was involved in setting up such oversight committees in the 1970’s. The original idea was to support the clinician AND the patient and ensure the latest treatmentContinue reading “Freedom of choice and Centres of Clinical Excellence”

Bank of England quantitative easing is sitting at around £900 billion. Total UK public debt is around £2.1 trillion and growing. The govt pays no interest on the £900 billion of QE money printed by the Bank of England. My suggestion is that the government should bundle up all of the various bonds owned byContinue reading “Finance a once in a 100 year event with 100 year bond”

In summary, there is a need to improve data and equalities analysis that can provide meaningful evaluation of policies; better awareness and integration of the Public Sector Equality Duty; and improved processes across government to provide the checks and balances with regard to equality. Data and analysis Firstly, the centre needs to overcome institutional attitudesContinue reading “There are various components of the machinery of government that can be improved to ensure that equalities considerations are better embedded into the decision making process.”

The pandemic has created many problems and much hardship indiscriminately across our nation, presenting challenges to both people and business previously never imagined. These challenges can and will be overcome and with a little creative thinking may prove a springboard to a better and more successful future. Covid’s effect on employment has been dramatic, fromContinue reading “Starter for Ten: Inspiring Britain’s workers with hope and optimism whilst retooling business for a better future”

Essay: During the coronavirus pandemic, technology has made everyday life – or, at least, a version of it – possible. The ‘Great Move Online’ has kept countless businesses open, offered essential services and allowed us to maintain ties with loved ones, despite months of separation. But while so much is now possible, technology has alsoContinue reading “Over the past year, coronavirus accommodations have led courts and law firms to make a number of temporary changes to the way legal cases are developed and heard. If made permanent, some of these changes could provide economic and legal opportunity across the UK. Similarly, moving some legal proceedings entirely online – once thought unimaginable – is an idea that looks substantially more reasonable in light of the last year. By creating a system for hearing small civil claims online, the Government could ease the pressure on legal aid resources while increasing equity in representation.”

The coronavirus pandemic has hit our economy hard, shrinking gross domestic product (GDP) by 9.9% in 2020, something of which we have not seen since the period of the Great Frost in 1709. Therefore, it is crucial we get this right and see a swift economic recovery in order to reduce the deficit without affectingContinue reading “Rebuilding the economy post COVID”

There is an opportunity to enable and facilitate a reservoir of online learning content for schoolchildren that will, over time, cover the needs of all age groups across the full spectrum of subjects. Competition between contributors will drive up the quality of materials to build a world class resource that will improve the efficacy andContinue reading “Building a world class learning resource for British schoolchildren”

Abstract The Covid pandemic of 2020/21 has laid bare, the deficiencies in the education system. Our current system is heavily dependent upon the physical interface between teachers and pupils and is, therefore, very labour intensive as well as being expensive. The deficiencies in the system, when pupils were required to stay at home, were broughtContinue reading “Lurning Stix”

Rough sleepers usually have a myriad of problems. Sleeping outdoors is the result of other problems, not the problem itself. The real problems stem from child abuse, poor mental health, addiction, and so on. And many who are not addicted to drink or drugs become so having been on the streets. It is hard toContinue reading “Housing First as the answer to roughsleeping”