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By Tim Swift I am sure that Johanna Baxter genuinely wants to do all she can to enourage openness and consultation through the Refounding Labour process. And as someone who has no problems in explicitly supporting the strengths and…
By Tim Swift Last Thursday, I attended a "leaving do" for the Chief Executive and hundreds of other staff who are leaving Calderdale PCT. Many of these are transferring to other organisations, as part of the changes to community health…
By Tim Swift I wrote an earlier post saying why I thought the Lib Dems had got themselves into particular difficulties over tuition fees. In summary, my argument was that there is a difference between a commitment in the manifesto - which…
By Tim Swift John Denham wants to give local Councils the chance to 'say no' to more Whitehall powers. And he's going to consult about drawing up a charter to say so. But why wait, John? Why not act straight away by cancelling the parts of…
