Welfare Spending in the UK: Time for a Serious Rethink
03/07/2025
Rebels without a cause? Frank McKenna suggests that Labour MPs who scuppered the government’s plans to reform welfare need to think again.
Rebels without a cause? Frank McKenna suggests that Labour MPs who scuppered the government’s plans to reform welfare need to think again.
Frank McKenna reacts to the UK/EU reset that was unveiled earlier this week.
Rishi Sunak may look like a dead man walking. However, don’t expect the opposition to be celebrating victory anytime soon. Why Labour will remain cautious in the run up to the next election.
The Green agenda deserves a serious debate. Instead the discussion about eco-policy is being hi-jacked by climate change deniers and Just Stop Oil crackpots.
After another calamitous week for Rishi Sunak and his government, Frank McKenna spent some time with Labours great and good this week – and found a party that is confident, but not complacent.
Prince Harry and his battle with the British press resurfaced this week. DIB boss Frank McKenna thinks we should be thankful to HRH for highlighting the illegal activity the UK media have all-too-often been found guilty of.
Truss has gone, but who will take over? And does it matter? Sunak is hated by Boris’ crowd. Hunt is hated by the ERG. Braverman is hated by the electorate. Mordaunt – Meh. Frank McKenna suggests that the Conservative Party has become ungovernable.
Labour should not be complacent about Liz Truss. Frank McKenna warns Keir Starmer that the new Tory leader will be no pushover…
Frank McKenna attended high-level functions with both Labour and Conservative politicians this week – and he found both parties in good spirits.
In his latest Downtown blog, Frank McKenna says that ‘compromise’ should be seen as a positive quality – and is the only thing that can stop the UK from ‘crashing out’ of the EU.
Entrepreneur Richard Branson caused some controversy this week by saying that kids who didn’t pass their exams shouldn’t worry too much – reflecting on the