31 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
be delayed or even kicked into the long grass, as the Government faces more pressing concerns....With the consultation into a statutory register now complete, the Government says ...
spring.
But after MPs hit out at the Government during Deputy Prime Minister's question time ...
that the Leveson Inquiry was throwing up so many revelations about the relationships between government, business ...
31 May 2012
| by George Eustice
This week, the Government carried out several significant policy adjustments, from VAT on pasties...move that could mark the beginning of the Government regaining control of the agenda after a turbulent ...
, the Government has emerged from its consultation on VAT changes with a package of measures that are genuinely ...
's government for so-called U-turns. It hadn't done the Conservative Party much good. I attempted to block ...
25 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
-president of government affairs and public policy for Europe Frederic Michel and former Department for Culture, Media ...
on the need for the Government to articulate what the role of a special adviser should be and set parameters ...
communications with senior members of the government, especially with text messages. Michel was too fast ...
24 May 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The committee, which has launched an inquiry into the Government's alcohol strategy, is considering "marketing bans" and the impact of marketing, particularly among children and young people.
Although a minimum unit price for alcohol was the Government's main proposal, the ad industry is worried ...
24 May 2012
| by John Woodcock
in the Government's reputation for economic competence will cause David Cameron and George Osborne profound alarm....to growth.
Deep down, the pair are canny enough to know that any government comms drive cannot defy ...
the Government's programme has sufficient energy to inject life into anything.
The many strategists who ...
Alexander) must realise they are trapped by the Government's refusal to signal a change of course ...
24 May 2012
| by Elin Twigge, PLMR
The best campaigns capture the public imagination long before they tackle the Government, says Elin...for the coalition not to listen.
This was a textbook example of how strong public pressure forced the Government ...
of research and development tax credits for the life sciences sector after the change of Government in 2010 ...
24 May 2012
| by Adam Hill
Barnardo's public affairs team scored a major hit in changing the Government's approach to adoption...bureaucratic and long-winded selection process.
The Government listened: in March Prime Minister David ...
are screened and the process by which children are matched with them.
The Government plans to halve the time ...
- was not on the working group that came up with the Government's action plan on adoption. Instead the group comprised ...
24 May 2012
| by Oliver Pauley, Portland
. After a slightly stuttering start to the coalition Government's programme of devolving power ...
deliverable solutions to problems are rather thinner on the ground. Where they can be found, the Government ...
.
Finally, the first coalition Government for 70 years has done little for the career prospects of many ...
24 May 2012
| by Andrew Escott, Cohn & Wolfe
of this century there was a renewed commitment at the top of Government to implement 'true' evidence-based policy ...
that should permeate across Government to ensure policies were not based on opinions, ideologies and what ...
.
But there are two reasons why this approach is now under pressure.
First, the Government increasingly attempts ...
24 May 2012
| by Ben Stafford, Cicero Consulting
directly experienced the governance backlash, whether their accusers have sat behind Select Committee ...
will be asked when that value isn't evident.
Which brings me to the Government's proposal for a statutory register of lobbyists. I was pleased by the guiding principles set out in the Government's January ...
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