There is an old book that is always worth looking through. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is heavy going. It analyses historical financial bubbles such as the South Sea Bubble and the Tulip bubble.
There is a lot of focus on the NHS. Rightly so. Ambulance waiting times are rising. Waiting lists are stretching. Nurses will be striking (although I hope this is resolved).
But all this focus tends to be on acute services. Hospitals are, of course, the shiny beacon of the NHS.
Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding
The £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide much-needed help for those households who do not have a domestic energy supply and have not received support through the main Energy Bills Support Scheme. &nb
Mark Garnier has today submitted a further written question to BEIS in respect of the long awaited details of Energy Bill Support Scheme (alternative funding) to assist Park Home residents' budgets as we approach the cold December nights.
"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy an
Best and worst jobs right now. The best? Planning the bush tucker trials for my colleague Matt Hancock on ITV’s “I’m a Celebrity…”. The worse? Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Jeremy Hunt has a truly Herculean task ahead of him.
Over the last few weeks we have seen disruption by protestors on our roads and motorways, as well as publicity stunts involving historical pieces of art in the name of ‘Just Stop Oil’.
These so-called protests, cause misery to everyday lives.
2 November 2022
As announced on 29 July, the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) Alternative Funding will be available to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills for the households who will not be reached through the EBSS.
Last Thursday, I slept better than I had slept for about a month. Since, in fact, the disastrous mini budget.
The resignation of Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party drew to a close what was perhaps the most dismal period of our recent history.