By Carl Thomson, Director The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, has completed an extensive Cabinet reshuffle to stamp her authority on the Government. When putting together her first Cabinet, Theresa May has showed which qualities may come to define her time as Prime Minister: neutralising her opponents; promoting her allies; and putting together a team… » read more

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By Chris Rogers, Associate Director, PR Most of us probably don’t include the phrases ‘visit the Queen,’ ‘form a government,’ ‘collect Downing Street keys from Dave,’ and ‘buy food for Larry the cat’ on our daily list of things to do. But that is what’s on the docket for incoming Prime Minister Theresa May today.… » read more

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By Rhiannon Sanders, Research Executive For a generation, expectations for education after secondary school have been geared towards higher (achieving a university degree of some form) rather than vocational education (covering skills courses). Young people are now far more likely to go to university than to attend a vocational course at college or complete other… » read more

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By Jack Taylor, Political Consultant For any Labour Kremlinologists, recent weeks have been a fantastic spectacle with factional splits becoming more marked than at any point since, arguably, the 1982 deputy leadership contest. In that instance Tony Benn took on Denis Healey for what has come to be known as “the soul of the party.”… » read more

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By Katarzyna Wilk, Associate Director, EU Affairs Three weeks ago, the UK voted narrowly to leave the European Union. For businesses, charities and other organisations, what does that mean? What will the UK’s relationship with Europe look like in the future? And what’s the process for getting there? The Whitehouse EU team has produced a… » read more

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By Chris Rogers, Associate Director, PR As the saying goes, a week is a long time in politics. And a fortnight is a lifetime. Two weeks ago, the UK woke to a new reality that would be outside the European Union. It marked the beginning of David Cameron’s long goodbye, and sounded the starting pistol… » read more

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By Samuel Blainey, Senior Political Consultant   Two weeks ago, the UK voted narrowly to leave the European Union. For for businesses, charities and other organisations, what does that mean? What will the UK’s relationship with Europe look like in the future? And what’s the process for getting there? The Whitehouse EU team has produced… » read more

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By Chris Whitehouse, Chairman The outcome of the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union has highlighted a series of important questions that are keeping the Westminster political pundits busy. Will the formal trigger for the exit process, notification under Article 50 of the Treaty, be pulled soon? Will we continue to… » read more

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By Chris Rogers, Associate Director, PR Yesterday, amidst much celebration, NASA managed to place a probe in Jupiter’s orbit. It spent five years getting into position and now it will look down on the largest planet in our Solar System. But, it makes you wonder, what would the inhabitants from another world think if they… » read more

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