Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, has announced that from 2015 the UK will no longer give £19 million a year in aid to South Africa, the 29th wealthiest country in the world. As well as being a fellow member of the G20, South Africa has an annual GDP (PPP) of $555.1 billion. In a desperate attempt […]
On 17 April 2013, Margaret Thatcher’s funeral took place at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. I was among the crowds at Ludgate Circus.
By Matthew Gass
The last few days have seen hundreds, maybe thousands, of eulogies to Margaret Thatcher. Whether they were kind, cruel, respectful or damning what is clear is that the country felt like it knew her in a very personal way.
I cannot claim to do so. Her last general election victory was a few months before I was born and I spent my formative political years living and studying abroad. […]
I was fortunate enough to meet Margaret Thatcher a number of times over the course of my life – first with my grandfather when I was 5 in her Finchley & Golders Green surgery. Little did I know at the tender age of 5 the enormous figure in world politics that I was in the presence of! […]
By Jacques Arnold
One of the disappointing aspects of recent years in Latin America, has been the division wrought by the late Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, with his Alba grouping drawing in Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, against the market economy nations of Colombia and Chile. […]
The International Data Group (IDG) News service have covered new Parliament Street research into social media misuse amongst the Metropolitan Police: Met Police has sacked seven staff for social media use The Metropolitan Police has sacked seven staff since 2009 for misuse of social media sites, with another eight leaving the force after facing complaints. The Metropolitan Police has sacked […]
Friday 12th April 2013 The Metropolitan police has investigated 75 officers for potentially misusing Facebook and other social networks in the past five years, a Parliament Street Freedom of Information request has revealed. Read more
Parliament Street’s director of technology, Steven George-Hilley, addresses the Bett Show on how data can improve pupil performance in the classroom.
V3 is a premier website delivering news, product reviews and opinion on digital transformation in business tech for technology professionals. It recently covered our research into social media misuse at the Home Office: Home Office staff sacked for Facebook, MySpace and Bebo use Three civil servants sacked for breaking social media rules, Freedom of Information request reveals Three civil servants have […]
The Drum, a global media platform and the biggest marketing website in Europe, has covered new Parliament Street research into social media misuse in the Home Office: Three sacked by Home Office for social media misuse The Home Office has revealed that it has sacked three people for their use of social media. An FOI request submitted by think tank […]
