Sajid Javid’s ‘keep it in the family’ advice on health and care is dangerous
Every day as a councillor, I receive emails from families in peril. These people are exhausted after finding…
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Instead of returning to the status quo, let’s put communities in the driving seat
Building community power is a politics of empowerment. It needs a new settlement, where democratic power lies with…
Conference missteps show Labour must do better for disabled members
As Emily Pomeroy-Smith entered one of the rooms in Brighton on the Sunday of Labour conference, she realised…
How do we create meaningful work that promotes health and wellbeing?
The pandemic has thrust how, and why, we work into the spotlight as never before. Many of us…
Fiscal credibility is key for Labour – that means more ambition on tax, not less
There was much to welcome about this year’s Labour conference. It was great to see the passing of…
Westminster residents deserve better than the £6.6m Marble Arch Mound
Westminster City Council was recently plunged into controversy following the disastrous opening of the Marble Arch Mound, a…
Leaving my pub: I made it through lockdowns but can’t survive the recovery
This week, I have had to tell people that I will be packing up and leaving my pub.…
This pandemic should be a watershed moment for health inequalities
Inequality in health is the worst kind. If we address the factors that mean some people live shorter…
How Labour must hold the government’s feet to the fire on the housing crisis
Speaking at the Labour Campaign for Council Housing fringe meeting at Labour conference, shadow housing minister Mike Amesbury…
PM’s speech: waffly, vacuous, detached from reality. When will that matter?
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party conference speech was waffly, vacuous and detached from reality. When does that start to…
