Archive: Bernard Jenkin
It's official: No-one knows who is in charge of the NHS
Relations with the Department of Health and NHS England, a report out today states, are "extremely complicated and still evolving". This is another way of saying 'we have no idea who is actually in charge'.
Opinion Former Articles
-
BHA: Humanists mourn Sir Bernard Crick (1929-2008), vice president of the British Humanist Association
The British Humanist Association (BHA) mourns the death of its Vice President, Professor Sir Bernard Crick, who died on 19th December 2008 at the age of 79. Involved in the humanist movement for forty years, he was one of its best-known and influential members.
-
Eurosceptic Tories raise stakes with EU veto demand
Over 100 Conservative MPs have called on David Cameron to effectively declare war on EU diplomats - by backing a new law which would give Britain a veto over all new EU legislation.
-
PM's plebgate handling mauled
David Cameron was wrong to ask the Cabinet secretary to investigate the Andrew Mitchell 'plebgate' scandal, a committee of MPs has said.
-
No 10 feared 'gigantic' plebgate conspiracy
Downing Street officials suspected Andrew Mitchell's plebgate downfall could have been the result of a "gigantic conspiracy", Jeremy Heywood has said.
-
Honours 'mean nothing' without transparency, MPs warn
MPs frustrated by the government's defence of the honours system have once again lashed out at Whitehall.
-
Arise, Sir Stitchup: Call for honours system overhaul
Steps need to be taken to make the "mysterious process" by which honours are awarded clearer, according to MPs.
-
Hunt aftermath: PM asked to abandon ministerial shield
Downing Street should relinquish its power to trigger investigations into ministerial misbehaviour, MPs are demanding.
-
Omni-shambles: Get a grip on strategy, MPs tell government
Ministers need to develop a clearer overall direction to prevent the impression of a rudderless government, according to MPs.
-
Jenkin: Irrational French are attacking the City
Conservative eurosceptic MP Bernard Jenkin gives his take on the changed state of play over Europe after last week's British veto, on the Today programme:
-
Change-resistant civil servants pose 'big society' risk
The coalition's public service reform agenda risks being derailed if ministers do not deal with civil servants who oppose change, MPs have warned.
© 2004-2018