I’ve a colleague working in social care. Part of their week is spent at a community centre. It’s a challenging role. There’s no time for idleness. Nor would anyone advocate it, I imagine. But what about fallow? Rest. Respite. A simple lull in the day?
By Dr Samantha Peters, Being Well Together on 08 March 2023
Why do we regulate? Had the Government started by asking this question, as it attempts to undertake the biggest ever overhaul of this country’s regulations, we might not be in the mess we now find ourselves in.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 01 March 2023
In September last year, the former Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Jacob Rees-Mogg, introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to the House of Commons.
By Peter Bennett, Access Industry Forum on 22 February 2023
Since the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Issues Affecting Men and Boys was created nearly two years ago, a key area that its members wanted to focus on was improving men’s health and reducing male suicide.
By Nick Fletcher MP, Chair of the APPG on Issues Affecting Men and Boys on 22 February 2023
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Repeal) Bill is a dreadful Bill in both form and content. As to form, the Bill is largely skeleton legislation which sets out no detail on its face but confers powers on ministers to alter existing law by statutory instruments.
By Lord Hendy KC, Labour peer on 22 February 2023
Only a month into the new year, issues we all wanted to see the back of in 2022 in many ways just seem to get worse. The war in Ukraine, high prices, labour shortages, strikes, ambulance waiting times and the deficit… the list goes on.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 01 February 2023
The Clean Air Bill is now in the House of Commons after a successful passage through the House of Lords where it picked up a substantial amount of cross-party support.
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party on 01 February 2023
Energy has surely never been more at the forefront of our minds than it is now.
By Laura White, Pinsent Masons LLP on 19 December 2022
From a human perspective, it has always made sense for employers to create mentally healthy workplaces. It also makes sense from an economic perspective for employers to invest in the mental health of their workforce, perhaps now more than ever.
By Lucy Thorpe, Mental Health Foundation on 19 December 2022
By Hannah Burton, Pinsent Masons on 01 August 2022
