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As the price of energy becomes unaffordable and the National Grid warns of rolling blackouts, it is somewhat surprising that a floundering Liz Truss has blocked plans for a public information campaign asking people to save energy over the…
Quite rightly, we have seen a movement in the UK that has focused on ensuring people know that poor mental health is something that can affect anyone. While I have always welcomed this, now, in my role as a county councillor I am constantly…
We are letting our children down in every classroom in this country. Rather than childhood being an idyllic, carefree time, for many of Britain’s young people it is a time defined by emotional and mental health struggle. Let’s be clear, we…
As a parent, my expectations of the state are that my children are provided with an education meeting their needs. As much as I might have concerns about the nature of our education system (which I won’t go into now), navigating the system…
Stella Creasy revealed last week that she had received a letter from the Chair of Ways and Means stating that, in taking baby Pip into Westminster Hall with her, she was in breach of the “recently published Rules and Courtesies In The House…
In the 18 years I spent as a probation officer, things changed a lot. Like most people joining the profession in 2002, I was initially motivated by the idea of rehabilitation, but court work was an essential part of the job. Each week, my…
Every day as a councillor, I receive emails from families in peril. These people are exhausted after finding themselves caring for relatives for a variety of reasons, seeking help from the state – and finding that help is not there for…
As more details about the horrific kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard were revealed yesterday, a kind of collective horror struck women across the country. Since learning that her murderer was a serving police officer at the time he…
Labour conference 2019 may only have been two years ago, but in many ways it feels like it happened in another era or universe. When we last met as a party in person, the main word on everyone's lips was 'Brexit'. Jeremy Corbyn and Tom…
The failure of Boris Johnson to act on his promise to reform adult social care is hitting the headlines – and rightly so. We cannot allow the crisis-hit system to continue in this way. We also need to focus on the fact that the people who…
It's a hard life being a Labour activist these days. After four lost general elections, it sometimes feels like self-flagellation. But Thursday showed how good it can be. From the second I woke up until the last time I checked my phone…
'Cry rape'. A phrase that exists purely to speculate that women – and let's not pretend this is a gender neutral term – make up having experienced a sexual assault for attention, revenge or some other reason that makes no sense. Given the…
