Actually did this last week, but haven’t had time to breathe, let alone post since then! Basically, the Government has released it’s own plain English guide to their big Bill on local government and how they’d like to see it change. I’m glad there are people out there attempting this sort of thing, but unfortunately their version […]
Read more "Plain English guide to the Localism Bill"I’m sorry, the title lies. Not just once, but twice. Why? Because there’s only five things you have to do to write plainly, and you don’t have to remember much at all — in fact, it’s better to forget. Because once you’ve got the hang of headings, bullets and the difference between passive and active voice, […]
Read more "Ten tips to remember about writing in plain language"The way (not to mention if) our government works here in the UK can be something of a mystery. And for all that you can watch pretty much everything that goes on in there on Parliament TV (it’s riveting stuff, I tell you), how you can help change things isn’t always clear. So following on from How to have […]
Read more "How the law gets changed"There’s always a lot of talk about the welfare state and how it makes people not want to work — benefit scroungers, fraud, stories of people swindling the system out of huge amounts of cash, sitting at home eating cheeseburgers which honest hardworking folk like you and I have paid for fill the newspapers, everyday. But the truth […]
Read more "Universal Credit — the new welfare reform"Help the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (that’s BIS for short, though I never know whether that’s pronounced like an early 90s sugar-pop-punk group or ‘biz’, anyway) make the way we deal with debt right here in the UK that little bit better by telling them what you think of their ideas. Listen to the amazing […]
Read more "How would you make the way we deal with debt in the UK better?"The Office of Fair Trading is consulting on how to protect shoppers online — so we all spend more, of course! But while they’re there this could be a great opportunity for everyone from shoppers to security experts to have their say. This summarises the main issues. Doing well so far Now, we’re already pretty good at buying things […]
Read more "Protecting shoppers online"This is a bit of a first for this site so please bear with me. A lot of people are aware of the potential that we’re doing some serious ecological damage to this little blue planet of ours. I’m mostly preaching to the converted here, I’m sure, but between your recycling bins, bicycles and canvas bags, you might be […]
Read more "Want to go green?"The government has put out a paper on what they want the NHS to look like in the future. Here’s a summary of things you might like to know about what they’re claiming will happen, from a patient’s point of view. It will still be free! That’s not going to change. You’ll be able to have any GP you want. But […]
Read more "The new NHS: a patient’s point of view"