Children going hungry is a disgrace – and the Tories could fix it so easily
When the history books are written there will be many things the current Tory government has done which…
Rory Palmer
The Tories’ two per cent top-up is a pathetic sticking plaster for the social care crisis, a Labour councillor writes
The situation facing adult social care has reached the status of national emergency. Some might claim that is…
Labour needs strong leadership – without power, you cannot do anything, a councillor writes
I have just approved the final plans for how my council will deal with the Tory Government’s absurd…
Cutting the public health grant would be a cut to the NHS
Amidst the chaos of the coalition’s NHS reforms a few years ago responsibility for public health services moved…
It’s morally wrong to make patients pay for hospital parking
Over the Bank Holiday weekend the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was trumpeting his new ‘ground rules’ to address…
There are 50 days to go – and the dividing lines are stark in this May’s elections
Like European election teams in other regions, here in the East Midlands we have been clocking up the…
To win in 2014 we have to be ready to take on UKIP
When pinning your new calendar to the kitchen wall in the next couple of weeks be sure put…
Labour should push for 16 year olds to get a vote in the 2014 Euro elections
News this week that 16 and 17 year olds will be voting in the Scottish independence referendum has…
Young workers – undermined
I am not aware of petrol stations offering a discount on a tank of fuel to the under-21s.…
Local government finance – not sexy, but important
Local government finance is not the sexiest subject in the world, nor will it get many frontpage headlines.…
