NHS body ‘wastes millions on flawed financial advice’
The Observer 21 July 2018
A large NHS body has spent millions of pounds on management consultants for a plan designed to save money – but which could cost more than £1bn to put into practice.
Over the past six years, the North West London Clinical Commissioning Groups has spent £66m ... Read More
Migrants used as forced labour, charity claims
The Times 15 November 2017
Migrant workers on Scottish fishing boats are doing dangerously long hours in unsafe working conditions, according to a seafarers’ charity. Scottish fishing vessels are routinely using workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) as cheap labour due to a legal loophole that leaves them ... Read More
The Friday Interview: Dennis Nally of PwC
The Guardian 15 December 2011
Dennis Nally, global chairman of PwC, is a master of dodging tricky questions. Asked about his salary, he looks at his PR man, who quickly steps in to say it is not disclosed. We can presume it was in the millions, as PwC’s UK chairman, Ian ... Read More
Five years on, did first mass asbo succeed?
The Guardian 27 August 2008
They were dubbed the Malevolent Seven. At the height of asbomania, a group of youths earned what is thought to be the first mass antisocial behaviour order for terrorising their local area, urinating on doorsteps and stealing. The media leapt on the story, keen to reprint ... Read More
Cuba’s great seducers
Medium 26 November 2016
It is still not clear what Fidel Castro’s death will mean for Cuba. Already relations with the US are thawing and American tourists have joined the hordes of Canadians and Europeans who visit the island every year. Tourists are, for the most part, welcomed on the island, ... Read More