The only clear thing among all the chaos and confusion, is that this country has probably never been more divided – politically and socially - and in my view, more in peril than at any other time in living memory. The party system seems to have totally fractured. Not only has the Conservative parliamentary party become bitterly broken, the Labour party is also at war. Last Friday [...]
At Monday’s health and wellbeing scrutiny committee, the Success Regime, led by former RD&E chief executive, Angela Pedder, outlined its progress so far and I asked about proposals to publicly consult. If nothing changes, we were told that the NHS in Devon will be a whopping £398m in the red by 2020/21. The paper submitted with the committee agenda states: “Some services such as [...]
Fortunately, I now have a full internet connection and below is my reaction. Mr Swire seems angry that around 250 people came along to my demonstration at Ottery Hospital last month and didn’t believe his claims that the Secretary of State’s for Health’s new private company - NHS Property Services is entirely well meaning and benign. Residents present were sceptical of his [...]
Kenton Rogers, who co-founded social enterprise, Treeconomics, will also present to an all parliamentary group on the importance of urban trees and demonstrate the benefits that such trees provide. Using specialist computer software that his Exeter based company pioneered in the UK, Kenton has already been commissioned by several government departments to assess and report on the effectiveness [...]
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