Government should tackle youth unemployment and the care workforce crisis together
By Jonathan Gardner, Chief Executive Officer, Bluebird Care Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET). Alan Milburn, the former Labour health secretary leading the government’s independent review into the issue, has warned of a lost generation, and the Prime Minister has made bringing that number […]
The childcare review has an easy win: stop councils holding childminders back
Brett Wigdortz, co-founder and CEO, tiney, the UK’s largest childminder agency, whose childminders work across 146 of England’s 153 local authorities In 2015 England had almost 48,000 childminders taking care of over a quarter of a million children. Today it has fewer than 26,000 looking after only 150,000 children on an average weekday. In the […]
UK energy firm, Palmer Energy, signs European supply deal as government chases 27GW storage target
Palmer Energy Technology and Slovakia’s InoBat will supply battery storage systems across Europe. Britain had 7.5GW of grid batteries in 2025 and needs up to 27GW by 2030. Palmer Energy Technology Ltd (PETL) and the Slovak battery maker InoBat AS signed a collaboration agreement on Tuesday to supply battery energy storage systems across Europe. A […]
FEEDING THE GRID: BRITAIN IS COLLECTING FOOD WASTE, BUT IS IT READY TO USE IT?
Separate food waste collections should advance England’s circular economy, but collection is only the beginning. The real test is whether the country has the infrastructure, investment and policy coherence needed to put it to work. Jonathon Wroe, Managing Director at Severn Trent Green Power, argues that England must match its new waste collection system with […]
With the country struggling to meet its ambitious housing targets, will the Government’s recent devolution announcements help get it back on track?
Luke Brafield, Partner in Fisher German’s development agency team, examines where further devolution could help, and why local powers will not remove the need for national funding and a workable development pipeline. Only a few weeks into an Andy Burnham-led Government, the early signals on devolution suggest it is serious about getting England building again. […]
With the country struggling to meet its ambitious housing targets, will the Government’s recent devolution announcements help get it back on track?
Luke Brafield, Partner in Fisher German’s development agency team, examines where further devolution could help, and why local powers will not remove the need for national funding and a workable development pipeline. Only a few weeks into an Andy Burnham-led Government, the early signals on devolution suggest it is serious about getting England building […]
A new Prime Minister brings a new opportunity for social care. We can’t afford to waste it.
By Kat Hall, Director of Bay Care Group and founder of Care About Care For more than two decades, social care has occupied a familiar place in our politics: everyone agrees that it needs reform, yet meaningful change never quite arrives. Governments have come and gone. White Papers have been published and reviews have been […]
The early health win awaiting a new Prime Minister on a mission
By James Withers, Chair, Natural Source Waters Association Britain is failing the defining public health challenge of our generation. Yet, the arrival of Andy Burnham into Number 10 brings fresh hope. The new Prime Minister has spent much of his political career arguing that Britain will never build a sustainable NHS by treating illness alone; […]
The long-term health of the private rented sector is a balance between the rights of tenants and the viability of landlords providing the housing tenants need to live.
Neil Hogbin, Partner at Fisher German, believes the Renters’ Rights Act could see rental stock fall as landlords leave the sector, creating further pressure on supply despite demand remaining exceptionally strong. The Renter’s Rights Act was drawn up with good intentions – to give more rights to tenants. Higher standards for tenants are well supported […]
Climate change isn’t a losing issue, but the way we talk about it risks losing the public
By John Marshall, Executive Chair, Potential Energy Coalition The wider potential consequences of the Makerfield by-election will inevitably spark a familiar debate in Westminster. What does the result tell us about voters? Have political parties moved too far on climate policy, or not far enough? Should politicians double down on climate action, or quietly retreat? […]
