This question reveals a large build up in staff over the last three years. I will ask for more detail of who they are and what they are doing: The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary qu… read more
The UK needs more self employed people. It needs more self employed people who can go on to employ others and to set up small businesses. More self employment brings more choice, more innovation., more local service . Out of a swelling host of self e… read more
I would welcome an update from the government on their response to the public sector strikes. At the beginning the line was there was no point in talks between Ministers and staff where they are covered by a Pay Review body. The government had met thi… read more
I do not get invited to Davos. Reading about what the guests say and do, I can hear all the same things in the Commons from Labour, The Lib Dems and SNP. There is nothing secret in the Davos remedies. Those who get reported at Davos tell us what most … read more
In the cold snap we are experiencing demand for electricity has risen as you would expect. There has been some wind, but we have needed to use coal fired power, all our gas availability and the wood burning biomass stations. Typically the fossil fuel… read more