Analysis: So what did Jamie actually achieve?
08 Dec 2005 | by Hannah Marriott
Jamie Oliver’s campaign to boost the quality of school dinners was arguably the most effective of 2005. Hannah Marriott asks if it can sustain its momentum
For many people Tony Blair's third election victory will have been the political event of 2005. But for me the year's most significant moment was the speech I heard in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, a few months later.
Jamie Oliver’s campaign to boost the quality of school dinners was arguably the most effective of 2005. Hannah Marriott asks if it can sustain its momentum
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West Berkshire Council senior public liaison officer Yvette Jones has been elected chair of the Association of Social Care Communicators (ASCC) for the next year.