Letter in the Evening Standard: Maimuna Jawo
Letter published in the Evening Standard May 18 Congratulations on reporting the important news of the appointment of Faith Mwangi-Powell as director of The Girl Generation, a global ant-FGM (female...
View ArticleMeeting with Local Government Association Independent Group leader Cllr...
After the election it was good to catch up with Cllr Marianne Overton, leader of the Independent Group on the Local Government Association (which includes Green councillors). We discussed budgetary...
View ArticleQueen's Speech takes us no nearer a fairer and more inclusive society
Yesterday’s Queen’s speech set out in stark terms the kind of society this government seeks to create. We have been promised more of the same: more austerity, which targets the most vulnerable members...
View ArticleReports that government will end child benefit after second child
The Financial Times has reported (behind a paywall) today: "Families with more than two children to lose child benefit". This is deeply disturbing. At the end of this month we're expecting the latest...
View ArticleA further restriction on security transparency (G4S AGM)
The Guardian has reported that outsourcing giant G4S plans to" ban phones in AGM in bid to prevent rerun of filmed protests". The report notes that this action is highly unusual for a publicly listed...
View ArticleHope to see you in Manchester on Sunday
On Sunday, the Conservative Party Conference starts in Manchester. And it’s the day that the People’s Assembly Against Austerity, with the TUC, is organising a protest march against the Tory...
View ArticleHuman rights must be at the centre of our foreign policy
A more stable world improves security for all of us.
View ArticleWhat Can Devolution Do? The Cresc annual lecture in Manchester, November 12,...
I want to focus largely on the positive possibilities of devolution, not the deep and fatal flaws in this government’s approach to it.
View ArticleWelcome to 2022: The great green transition has delivered a fairer society
I was asked by the website Business Green to imagine the UK in 2022 - I had a little fun along the way.
View ArticleThe Budget as an attack on democracy
A Tory innovation and a new low for a government that regularly shows its contempt for the democratic process
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