ODPM: The Balance of Power – The Government has announced a review of the powers & responsibilities of the Greater
The review will consider whether the balance of power between national government, city-wide government and local authorities is the right one in
The review will consider the arguments for giving the GLA additional responsibilities for strategic issues which cross borough boundaries, which may not please London Boroughs who face seeing the possibility of their own plans being over-ruled.
As part of the review, the Government will issue a consultation paper later in the year and a final package of proposals should be produced in Spring 2006.
Press release ~ Mayor of London & London Assembly – Greater London Authority ~ ODPM ~ Article - Changes to UK local government aim to streamline decision-making ~ Mayor’s Annual report 2004/05 ~ Audit Commission - Strategy in London ~ The Greater London Authority – Interest Representation and the Strategic Agenda ~ The Greater London Authority - Problems of Strategy Co-ordination
MoD: Preparation requires both funding AND volunteers - A fully equipped 25-bed military field hospital was set up in the grounds of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) at Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham last week, as part of a two day conference by the RCDM to show NHS staff the ’real life’ vital role that medical reservists play in the provision of high quality medical care to personnel in the field.
As each unit cost over £1m, even before one starts to organise the recruitment & training of volunteer staff, the news item does illustrate the difficulty & cost of putting in place facilities which would be available to meet both military and civil needs / emergencies.
Its 25-bed capacity also demonstrates the limitations of such facilities, when faced by such events as hurricane Katrina and the need to look after thousands of casualties.
Press release ~ Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) ~ Modular Transportable Surgical Facility ~ Army Medic website ~ MoD Hospital care website ~ A View Of Future Issues For Defence Medical Training ~ Training in intensive care medicine in the Armed Forces
ODPM: Tempering the costly heat of Public Sector Pensions - The government has published details of new pension arrangements for firefighters, aimed at reducing the high cost of the current scheme, which sees over a quarter of the salary bill (& rising) being paid out as pensions, on top of an 11% employee contribution.
The new scheme will cost between 19% and 24%, depending on the benefits package adopted, with firefighters contributing a third - making it less costly for both taxpayers and the employee. While those due to retire on or before April 2013 will be unaffected, for existing firefighters, the key change will be the raising the pension age from 50 to 55 years. The new arrangements are planned to come into effect in 2006.
The key fact though is that government proposals for both the old and new schemes include the retention of final salary schemes and, having accepted this principle, it is difficult to see how they could try & change this feature in any future negotiations for the next 10 – 20 years at least, or remove it from other public sector employees.
Press release ~ ODPM Firefighters consultation papers ~ ODPM Firefighters pension website ~ Fire Brigades Union ~ Retained Firefighters Union ~ Government Actuaries Dept ~ BBC news item
Home Office: The UK Passport Service (UKPS) is reminding its customers to make sure
that photos supplied with their passport applications meet the international
requirements announced last summer, as passport photos need to meet the more stringent
standards (enforced from 12 September
2005) to
enable facial recognition technology to work properly.
Press
release ~ International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) ~ Biometric
passports ~ Passport Adviceline on 0870
5210410
Cabinet Office: The full membership of all eight
new honours committees has been announced and the government is claiming that
the new arrangements will ‘improve
transparency and accountability in the honours system’. The reforms follow reviews of the
honours system by Sir Hayden Phillips and the Public Administration Select
Committee. The new
committees, which will not be paid (but may receive modest expenses such as
travel costs.), will meet twice a year to provide advice on candidates for
inclusion in the New Year and Birthday honours lists.
Press release ~ Cabinet Office
Honours website ~
Sir Hayden Phillips’
Cabinet Office: After a year in pilot phase, the government has launched the
Press release ~ CSIA
website ~ Claims Tested Mark ~ Description of scheme ~ Test laboratory guide ~ CSIA – Protecting our information
systems ~ BeCrypt ~ SecureWave
ODPM: The
Press release ~ Fire Service
College ~ Dimension programme ~ ODPM Fire & Rescue
website
Defra: Following separate findings of the
Citrus longhorn beetle, one in
Press release ~ Plant
Health and Seeds Inspector ~ Forestry
Commission office ~ Pictures ~ Defra Plant
Health website ~ Interception outbreak chart ~ Consultation on Plant
Health issues
DfT: Skimming over the fact that it has taken
16 years, the Department for Transport has announced ‘progress’ on the last two
major outstanding recommendations for improving safety on the River
Thames and other tidal and inland waterways in the aftermath of the Marchioness
tragedy, which sank after being hit by the Bowbelle, killing 51
people.
Press release ~ MCA formal safety assessment (FSA)
of domestic passenger vessels standards ~ Port of London
Authority ~ Report relating to Automatic Identification Systems
(AIS) Networks ~ Marine transponders ~ DfT shipping & ports
website
DWP: The
government has announced that the latest BFI programme will concentrate on councils that take more than
seven weeks to process new claims for Housing Benefit, as well as focusing on
others that did not successfully prosecute many fraudsters in 2004/05. The BFI will, therefore, be inspecting
the security and counter-fraud arrangements in 12 councils.
Press release ~ Benefit Fraud Inspection
website
DWP: Welfare Reform Minister Margaret Hodge
made what many may think is an implied ‘threat’. when she said recently at the
International Medical Conference on
Disability and Participation in the Workplace:
"Doctors should consider and reflect before they
issue a sick note as carefully as they consider and reflect before prescribing
a drug”.
Press release ~ EUMASS (European Union of
Medicine in Assurance and Social Security) ~ AADEP (American Academy of
Disability Evaluating Physicians) ~ Royal Society of
Medicine ~ Faculty of Occupational Medicine ~ Society of
Occupational Medicine ~ Five-Year Strategy:
Opportunity and security throughout life ~
Letter to GPs ~ Information for GPs on Pathways to
Work
DH:
60% of smokers go ahead and smoke without
asking for permission, despite the fact that most non-smokers mind if other
people are smoking nearby, according to new research by the NHS ’Don’t Give Up Giving Up campaign’. The survey marks the launch of new
NHS ads (running from 5th September until 22nd October) intended to raise awareness of the health risks of
secondhand smoke to adults.
Press release ~ Dangers of
secondary smoke ~ Roy Castle Lung Cancer
Foundation ~ Clearing the Air website ~ HDA report - The case for a completely smokefree NHS in
England ~ Guidance for smokefree hospital
trusts ~ ’Relative contributions of changes in risk
factors and treatment to the reduction in coronary heart disease mortality’
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figures ~ ASH website ~ BUPA paper on passive smoking ~ Smoking and Health Inequalities
DH: Lord Carter
of Coles, the recently appointed Chair of independent review on modernisation of pathology services, has
launched Modernising Pathology: Building
a Service Responsive to Patients.
The review is intended to ‘investigate the use of technology, bringing services closer to patients
and the involvement of the independent sector to improve patient’.
In addition the National Histopathology Schools Network has also been launched and
this will provide one single national curriculum, teaching resources and
rigorous assessment procedures to ensure high quality histopathology
training.
Press release ~ Modernising Pathology: Building a Service
Responsive to Patients ~ Modernising Pathology Services ~ DH Modernising
Pathology website ~ Histopathology
~ National Pathology Service Improvement Programme
Newsletter ~ National Pathology Learning Sets Programme ~ Clinical Pathology
Accreditation (UK) Ltd (CPA) ~ National Pathology Service Improvement Team
-Frequently Asked Questions
Press release ~ DWP - Developing a Refugee
Employment Strategy ~ Working together to help rebuild lives: A framework for
partnership working to help refugees fulfil their potential
ODPM: New themes for Round Eight of the Beacon Council
Scheme have been announced by Local Government Minister,
Phil Woolas. Round Seven of the
Beacon Scheme - launched by the ODPM on
Press release ~
Report of the Advisory Panel on Beacons: Recommendations to Ministers on Themes
for Round 8 ~ Advisory Panel on Beacons ~ ODPM Beacon
Council website ~ IDeA Beacon Council website
MPA:
Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) are ordinary members of the local
community who, on a voluntary basis, check on the welfare of people detained in
police stations. The ICV Programme
Board, a partnership between the Metropolitan Police Authority, the volunteer
Independent Custody Visitors and the Metropolitan Police Custody Directorate,
is seeking to improve the quality of the service provided and recruit 150 more
essential volunteers.
Press
release ~ Details of Task
&Code of Practice ~ ICV
recruitment ~ ICVA website ~ Home
Office circular ~ Leaflet ~ Police
Reform Act 2002
HSE: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, will, in a special event at TUC
Congress, formally launch the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) revised
Workers’ WebPages on
Press release ~ Workers’
WebPages ~ Guidance for
safety representatives on sickness absence and return to work ~
HSC’s Strategy for
workplace safety to 2010 and beyond ~ Worker involvement programme ~ Plans for Worker Involvement
Programme
HM Treasury: The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown - with colleagues from
Alongside
additional contributions recently announced by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, the innovative new initiative will ensure the provision of an
additional $4 billion over the next ten years to tackle some of the deadliest
diseases in some of the world’s poorest countries. The additional resources
could save 5 million children’s lives by 2015 and a further 5 million lives
thereafter by tackling immunisable diseases.
Press release ~ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ~ Vaccine Fund ~ Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) ~ < FONT color=#800080>A proposal for an International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) ~ International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm)
Defra: Proposals to modernise the process for applying to the
Environment Agency for licences to abstract and impound water have been
published for consultation (closes
Press release ~
DWP: The public have been urged to log on
and have their say (no end date
so far) in
the National Pensions
Debate as Minister for Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms,
launched the department’s new website pages that are devoted to the
debate.
Press release ~ National Pensions debate ~ DWP
Pension reform website ~ Pension Protection Fund (PPF) ~ Pensions at work website ~ Principles for reform - The national
pensions debate ~ Pension Service website for occupational
pensions ~ Pensions Regulator
DWP:
Minister for
Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms is consulting (closes
Press release ~ Pensions: Disclosure of information – Consultation
on Draft Regulations ~ Pensions
Regulator
DCMS: What property
should we be seeking to protect in the event of armed conflict? The Minister
for Culture, David Lammy, launched a consultation (closes
Press release ~ Consultation document ~
Hague Convention 1954
ODPM: The
Government is consulting on raising the management
and physical standards of purpose-built university accommodation for
students, in line with those already set down for privately rented
housing, particularly through Houses in
Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing.
Press release ~ Consultation paper - Codes of Practice for Student
Accommodation: Consultation on Approving Codes under Section 233 of the Housing
Act 2004 ~ Housing Act 2004 factsheets ~
Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
Licensing ~ Universities UK ~ Accreditation Network
UK ~
Unipol Student Homes
Pensions Regulator: The Pensions Regulator has published two draft codes of
practice for consultation (closes 2 December
2005):
·
The Reasonable periods for the
purposes of The Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of information)
Regulations 2006 ("Reasonable periods in Disclosure") and
·
Internal controls codes are now on
the regulator’s website and the pensions industry is invited to take part in
the consultations.
Press release ~ Reasonable periods
for the purposes of The Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of
information) Regulations 2006 ~ Internal
controls ~ Pensions
Regulator website
DCA: According to
the government people appealing against small claims cases will be protected
from having to pay legal costs under proposals published recently. A consultation paper (closes
A second section of the consultation covers proposed
changes to the way appeal applications from any type of civil case are dealt
with in the Court of Appeal.
Press release ~ Consultation documents ~ Small
Claims Court – Q&A
DfES: Proposals, which could be introduced in
the 2008/9 academic year, to make
the application process for Higher Education (HE) ‘fairer’ have been published
in a consultation document (closes on 5 December 2005) from the DfES. Under the current system, many students apply to go into HE
on the basis of predicted results of their final exams, but evidence shows only
45% of current predicted grades are accurate.
Press release ~ <
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Process ~ Professor Steven Schwartz - Fair admissions to higher education: recommendations for good
practice ~ UCAS website
OFT: New guidance on how the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Regulations apply to tenancy contracts has been issued by the OFT to help
landlords provide clear & fair contract terms to their tenants. The guidance also refers to tenancy agreements
used by public sector and social housing providers, including local
authorities.
Press
release ~ Guidance on unfair terms in tenancy agreements - September
2005 ~ Consumer leaflet, Unfair tenancy terms - don’t get caught
out’ ~ Details of Newham legal ruling ~ CRE’s Housing Code ~ Involving Young Tenants - a guide for housing
associations
HMRC: As 153,900
children start pre-school in the
Press release ~ HMRC ~
Child Trust Fund ~ Surestart ~
Pre-school Learning Alliance ~ BBC
Pre-school ~ Scottish Pre-school Play Association ~ Wales Pre-school Playgroups
Association
Home Office: The Home Office has launched a leaflet
to advise the public on how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft and
what action to take if you have been a victim.
Press release ~ Home Office National Identity Cards scheme website ~
Identity Cards Bill ~ Identity Theft - Don’t become a victim ~ Poster version ~ Identity
Theft Kit ~ APACS – safe on-line ~ National Fraud Prevention
website ~ Cabinet Office Study ~ FSA
– Defusing the issue ~
Pensions Regulator: The Pensions Regulator is developing a
free interactive e-learning programme for trustees to help address the need for
on-going training, comprising a series of stand-alone modules designed by
e-learning and pensions experts to be interesting, fun, and based heavily on
real-life case studies. Successful
completion of all the modules will help trustees meet the requirements for trustee
knowledge and understanding set out in the 2004 Pensions
Act.
The first
tranche of the e-learning programme will be available in January 2006 and will cover units one and
two of the syllabus: the responsibility of trustees in relation to trust law
and pensions law. The remainder of the programme will be delivered later in
2006.
Press release ~ Sign up for e-learning ~ E-Learning for Trustees Report Summary ~ Current list of Trustee training providers ~
Pensions
Management Institute ~ New Trustee Checklist ~ Independent Pension Trustee
Group
Ofwat: An Ofwat report - Financial performance and expenditure of the water companies in England
and Wales 2004-05, shows that water companies achieved the great majority
of the outputs expected of them when Ofwat set price limits in 1999 and that
they did this through gross capital investment from 2000 to 2005 of £17.7
billion, compared to the £19.4 billion Ofwat assumed for the
period.
Press release ~ Drinking Water
Inspectorate ~ Financial performance and expenditure of the
water companies in England and Wales 2004-05 (2.7Mb) ~ Water Aid ~
Water
UK
DTI : Speaking at the launch of a joint DTI, TUC and CBI report which
explores how firms can manage change to improve working patterns and address
long hours culture in the workplace, Employment Minister Gerry
Sutcliffe has argued that ‘Working
smarter is key to improving employee satisfaction and productivity’.
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Press release ~ Managing Change: Practical Ways to Reduce Long Hours and Reform
Working ~ Long Hours
working partnership (and scroll down) ~ Workplace: First Findings from the 2004 Workplace
Employment Relations Survey (WERS) ~ Results of the Second Flexible Working Employee Survey
2005 ~ DTI Working Parents website ~ Acas report on Homeworking ~ Part-time is no crime - so why the penalty? ~ Business Link – Benefits of flexible working and other
guidance
DTI: Small businesses can deliver value for money and innovative solutions
for local and central government a new study has found. The report showed they
can also play a significant role in improving social enterprise and the
employment opportunities of disadvantaged communities.
Press release ~
Healthcare Commission /
DH:
Patients give broadly positive impressions of their experience of
primary care services, including care given by doctors and dentists, according
to a major survey by the Healthcare Commission, but the survey does highlight some areas of
concern.
The
government’s response was to say soothing words, but limit its guarantees
further down in the text of its press release.
HC press release ~ DH press release ~ Primary Care
Patient Survey ~ National Primary Care Development Team (NPDT) ~ Advanced access
leaflet ~ ’Your
Health, Your Care, Your Say’ ~ Find
a dentist ~ Find
a doctor ~ Current
consultation on the draft
National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulation
2006 (closes
30 September) ~ DH Primary Care website
FCO: The Foreign Secretary today welcomed the release of the
Independent Inquiry Committee’s Oil For
Food report.
Press Release ~ BBC News item ~ Oil for Food Report
Defra: Results from a three year UK/India
climate change research programme have been unveiled at the EU-India Summit in
Press release ~ Defra Climate Change in India website ~ Defra General Climate Change website ~ Indian Ministry of
Environment and Forests ~ ERM (Environmental Resources Management) ~ Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research ~
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (2001) ~ Africa up in smoke? ~ UK Climate Impact
Programme ~ NSS (National
Strategy Study) for CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) in India ~
India
specific impacts of climate change ~ Indian Institute of Forest Management
Home Office:
Football stewards are to be exempt from licensing under the Private Security Industry Authority Act
(PSIA) 2001, the Home Office has announced. The exemption will only apply to in-house stewards who undertake
specific security-related activities in areas of grounds where
alcohol is sold. Contract stewards are not being exempted and will still
require to be licensed by the SIA.
Press release ~ Private Security Industry Authority Act (PSIA) 2001 ~
Security Industry
Authority (SIA) ~ Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on football
stewards ~
DTI: Key European
players from business and Government gathered at the i2010 conference in London
last week to help Europe rise to the challenge of the future of EU Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) policy, which is intended to ensure that Europe improves
its industrial competitiveness, supports growth and the creation of jobs and
aims to address key social challenges.
Press release ~
i2010 conference website ~ Europa
Technology for innovation / ICT industries and e-business
website ~ Europa i2010 website ~ EU Information Society and Media Directorate-
General
Welsh Assembly Govt: Commuters are being urged to leave the car at home on
This is the final event of European Mobility Week, which runs
from Friday 16
September to Thursday, 22 September under the theme of "clever
commuting" and encourages people to leave their cars at home and use cleaner
forms of transport in order to reduce pollution in our towns and
cities.
Press release ~ European Mobility Week ~ Traveline
Cymru ~ Commission for Integrated Transport ~ Road Safety Strategy for Wales ~ Walking and cycling strategy for Wales ~ Safe routes to school scheme for Wales ~ Bridgend Without
my car day ~ DfT EMW website ~ Without
My Car Day
Defra: The first combined meeting of the EU Agriculture and Environment Councils
has been meeting to discuss the relationship between climate change and
agriculture. The main conclusion
was that sustainable agriculture and land-use can play a significant role in
addressing climate change and still provide the economic and social benefits
rural areas need.
Press release ~ UK EU Presidency
Agric. & Fisheries website ~ Public access to environmental information ~ EU Commission Agric. & Env. website ~ Climate Change Programme Review ~ Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA)
DWP: A report
published reviews research carried out on the level of extra costs faced by disabled
people.
Press release ~ Working Paper no. 21
- Review of Evidence on the Extra Costs of
Disability ~ JRF report - Disabled
peoples costs of living ~ Disability
Alliance ~ Disability Rights Commission ~ Disabled Students Allowance ~ DirectGov – Help with costs ~ Disabled facilities
grants
DWP: A report published provides advice on research design options for
addressing DWPs likely information and evidence needs in the area of
disability.
Press release ~ Research Report no. 267 - Meeting DWPs Long-Term Information Needs on Disability - A
Feasibility Report ~ DWP
Information website ~ Dial UK website
Charity Commission: In a bid to promote greater transparency and
accountability, people visiting the Charity Commissions website can now
view the accounts of 35,000 charities online. The online accounts are scanned
images and are reproduced in PDF format.
Press release ~ www.charitycommission.gov.uk ~ Click with the Commission ~
Online accounts – Go to CC website – click on about registered charities ~ Click on search the register ~ use a search option to find charity ~ scroll
down and click on To view accounts
documents click here
OFT:
The Office of Fair Trading has found that a collective agreement between
members of MasterCard UK Members Forum (MMF), including most major banks,
setting the multi-lateral interchange fee (the MMF MIF) paid on virtually all
purchases in the UK made using UK-issued MasterCard credit and charge cards
between 1 March 2000 and 18 November 2004 restricted competition and infringed
Article 81 of the EC Treaty and the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition
Act.
The OFT also found that the MMF MIF was used to recover extraneous
costs for services which were not necessary for the operation of the
MasterCard scheme as a mechanism for transmitting payments, such as the costs
of the interest-free periods provided by card issuers.
The OFT is currently investigating an agreement between Visa members on
the UK Domestic MIF applying to Visa transactions. This Decision makes findings
only in relation to the MMF MIF agreement. However, where the OFT applies
competition law to other interchange fee arrangements, it expects to do so in a
consistent manner.
Press release ~ <
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Conclusions
HMRC: New rates of
interest on direct and indirect taxes and national insurance contributions paid
late and overpaid have been announced, which take effect from,
Press release ~ MMRC
interest rates web page
HMRC: Business Brief 17/05
Contents:
Indirect Taxes: incorrect charging of interest
This Business Brief contains information on how HM
Revenue and Customs (HMRC) propose to repay taxpayers who were overcharged
interest between
Press release ~ Business Briefs 2005
(it sometimes takes time to appear here)
For further information on the
events listed below (and subsequent events) please click HERE
Date: 3 - 5 October
2005
Venue:
Organiser: Neil Stewart
Associates - Reinventing Accountability for the 21st Century
A two-day international
event and training day which will explore innovative approaches to building
accountable leadership and organisations in the 21st century.
Date:
Venue:
Organiser: Homeless
Link - Making the link: opening up research into
homelessness
Homeless Link supported by the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation, provide an opportunity for people both within and outside the
homelessness sector to talk us about the wider issues affecting homeless
people.
Date: 5 - 6 October
2005
Venue: Victoria Park Plaza
Hotel,
Organiser: Chartered
Institute of Purchasing & Supply – Premier
Conference
The central themes of this
year’s Premier Conference examine the contribution that purchasing and supply
management can make to the management of risk, whilst ensuring security of
supply, and how procurement can drive innovation, both within organisations and
with external suppliers.
Date:
Venue:
Organiser: Local Government
Chronicle – Improving policy design
A timely conference that
will analyse the recent initiatives aimed at improving communication between
central, regional and local government.
Date:
Venue:
Organiser: Royal British
Legion -
Date:
Venue: Inmarsat Conference
centre, London EC1
Organiser: Neil Stewart
Associates – Modernising Mental health services: Developing Leadership,
Recruitment, Retention and training
An opportunity to discuss
how best to develop a more diverse and coherent NHS Mental Health workforce,
with structured career development programmes and a drive to recruit more
service users as part of the workforce.
Date:
Venue: Chepstow race
course
Organiser: Royal British
Legion - Chepstow
Raceday
Date:
Venue: Fairfield Halls,
Croydon.
Organiser: Royal British
Legion - Biennial
gathering of the Massed Bands of the Royal British Legion
Concert
Date: 26 –
28 October 2005
Venue:
Organiser:
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people to work at a level to provide top-quality support to their managers and
developing their potential to be the leaders of tomorrow. Designed for
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28 October 2005
Venue:
Organiser: Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
– CIPS Supply Management Awards
2005
The awards are run jointly
by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) and its
fortnightly magazine, Supply Management. For the CIPS Supply Management Awards
2005, the 10 team and two individual categories will be presented at a
black-tie gala dinner at the London Hilton on
Date: Up to 15
December
Venue: none
Organiser: Citizenship Foundation - Take a
hands-on approach to politics, journalism and the legal system
Now in it’s 15th year, The National Youth
Parliament Competition helps
11-18 year olds understand the democratic process and gives them the
opportunity to video their own parliamentary debate.
The National
Political Journalism competition, challenges young people (11-18 year olds) to
experience first-hand the relationship between politics and the media. They are
asked to tackle a local, national and international political issue of their
choice, by taking on the roles of media professionals and create real news
pieces in print, TV or radio.
In the Magistrates’ Court Mock
Trial competition students take on the roles of court staff, lawyers
& witnesses and present the prosecution and defence of a specially written
criminal case.
For further information on the above (and
subsequent) events please click HERE
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