The fallout from the pandemic has been seen by many in the corporate world as an ideal opportunity to change the terms and conditions of...

Five years on and still we are waiting for anyone to be held accountable. Why is it that the wheels of justice always turn so slowly, if...

In light of the recent behaviour of Boris Johnson and this week’s updating of the Ministerial Code, I have again written to our local MP,...

I have written previously in ‘Tories crack the Ministerial Code’ about how the current government has significantly eroded the public’s...

Given the horrific events, not just on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, but also during subsequent events over many years, and the...

The corrosive fallout from the EU referendum, the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic and the horror of the ongoing war in Ukraine have been...

The UK’s political system has some obvious democratic failings, perhaps the most prominent being the ‘first past the post’ voting system,...

UK homes account for around 15% of our CO2 emissions. A combination of improved energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy would...

Below is an open letter sent to my North East Bedfordshire MP Richard Fuller, setting out why a Hillsborough Law is urgently needed and...

The sheer scale of the tragedy of Hillsborough is difficult to comprehend, cutting across so many aspects of the relationship between the...

Blaming the Victorians for a large percentage of our rail network being inaccessible to a significant proportion of the UK public is...

After being asked to stand in at short notice and give a presentation to my local Labour Party on Labour’s ‘Green’ policy I spent a few...

The recent actions by the government in shamefully attempting to defend corruption have done considerable damage to the credibility of...

Whilst the purpose of the Health & Social Care Committee report (published on 12th October) into the government’s response to the...

The looming climate disaster is the most pressing issue of our times. The failure to meet the challenge will lead to a domino effect....

For many people, the walk to the polling station is a forlorn and pointless ritual, with no prospect of your vote making a shred of...

The Ministerial Code, which has been in place since the Second World War, but only became public in 1992, sets out the rules and...

The impact of the looming climate disaster will potentially dwarf that of the current pandemic unless urgent steps are taken to reduce...

I am proud to have written the motion on a fairer voting system that was recently adopted by ASLEF at their Annual Assembly of Delegates....

In spite of some very good mayoral results and some welcome Labour gains dotted around in Southern England in places such as Kent,...