The Labour Party have indicated that if they come to power they will not jettison the Levelling Up plan (though no doubt they might re-badge…
There are those among us – me included – who so dislike technocracy and technocrats in general that we would probably opt for populism, almost…
Something strange is going on around the covid figures. I read a fascinating report by science editor Sarah Knapton in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday (£)…
The Covid pandemic continues into its third year, it is becoming ever clearer that it has had a wide range of effects. Many commentators have…
Are you one of those slightly nervous flyers who joins in the applause, grateful as the pilot lands smoothly at your holiday destination? Or perhaps…
Just as we’ve all come up for air after the thrills and spills of conference season, we are plunged headlong into Budget Season. Is it…
The Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE DL is Guest Leader this month. She will be discussing: How does the experience of Covid and life online impact place-based regeneration…
Throughout the pandemic we have seen numerous examples of neighbourliness and mutual support in communities, and a new-found openness and can-do spirit in public services….
We have one major supermarket in our high street – it’s a Co-op. Though, yes, I know a new Budgens is opening almost opposite. Its…
The big irony for many parents who have found ourselves schooling our kids at home in the last year is that education departments and teacher…
This is our 10-Point Plan for exiting the covid stalemate. 1. Australian governments should stop trying to eradicate community transmission of the virus. It cannot be eradicated….