An area that was hotly debated before the election but so far has not been seriously addressed through the campaign is the issue of social care. The lack of consensus…
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Do you think Gene Hunt of Ashes to Ashes is a hero or villain? Political Parties seem to think that if you can remember the 1980’s you will have a…
Last time I wrote about our bounded rationality. In just a few weeks, somewhere between three or four out of every five people are likely to take the trouble to…
TCC were represented last week at the UK Public Health Association (UKPHA) Forum held by the seaside in Bournemouth last week. The Marmot Review, the General Election, and the Economic…
Local Government Reputation is important. How a local authority handles an emergency planning issue, such as a fire at a block of flats it owns, can impact on public perception…
A recently published Electoral Commission report on the accuracy of the electoral register indicates a significant under under-representation of people: There are 3.5 million people missing from the register in…
Times journalist, Daniel Finkelstein, writing in the Times today, writes about how politicians are failing to get their message across. However this is not just a problem for politicians. It…
A new report from the think-tank Demos makes the important point that: “almost one in seven young people aged 16-18 are NEET. The personal and social costs are enormous- the…
The announcement that Lambeth is seeking to become a “John Lewis Council” in contrast to the concept of EasyCouncil that has been associated with Barnet, means that there is a…
Hardly a day goes by without a story appearing in the media about how dangerous these dogs are and how reckless their owners can be. Most recently, The Guardian quoted…