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    • Fear-Mongering at its finest: Deadly serious - British Plans for mass graves have been drawn up to cope with a second wave of swine flu this Autumn.

    Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

    THE SUN UK - GRAEME WILSON The chilling proposals are spelled out in a Home Office document discussed at a meeting of Whitehall officials and council leaders last month. It warns emergency plans may be needed in areas where there are not enough graves to cope. The 59-page document talks about using “a grave that is for a number of unrelated persons, excavated mechanically in advance and designed for efficient preparation and use”. New wave … bug It said this

    Tom Nolan: How do you monitor swine flu?

    Friday, July 10th, 2009

    Yesterday, reporters descended on Whitehall to hear about the methods of influenza monitoring . Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer led the numbers feast alongside Justin McCracken, chief executive of the Health Protection Agency, and Ian Dalton, the new flu czar. Sir Liam explained what data are being tracked: total number of cases, antiviral usage, hospitalisations and deaths (see pyramid, below). Hospitalisations The number of hospitalised patients as of 8am on Wednesd

    Whitehall plans massive cuts

    Saturday, July 4th, 2009

    TIMES ONLINEJonathan Oliver, Isabel Oakeshott and David SmithSecret “doomsday” plans for 20% cuts in public spending are being prepared by senior civil servants, who fear politicians are failing to confront the scale of the budget black hole.Whitehall mandarins have begun creating detailed dossiers containing reductions in expenditure that are far deeper than the more modest savings being proposed by Labour and Conservative politicians.The disclosure comes as Gordon Brown faces a mutiny insi

    Cheaper hardware and IT services could be on the way to Whitehall

    Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

    Cheaper hardware and IT services could be on the way to Whitehall Government departments could get access to lower-cost hardware and IT services through a new purchasing agreement being considered by Whitehall buying agency the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Public to give online feedback on government services UK citizens will soon be able to rate the services of GPs, police, childcare and councils online, in eBay-style feedbac