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Cameron’s council cuts hypocrisy

As the leader of a council that has seen its budget cut by 56 per cent since 2010, it was astonishing to see the prime minister criticising his own Conservative council in Oxfordshire for making cuts to services. David Cameron genuinely seems to believe his own...

Mental health must never be a political playground

Ken Livingstone has shown the darkest side of politics. His comments regarding member of parliament Kevan Jones being ‘disturbed’ and in need of ‘psychiatric help’ highlighted a belief that there is apparently no limit to political point-scoring. Even, it seems, if...

As remote a prospect as playing in the Premier League

Today is #housingday, an initiative to celebrate the positive impact social housing has on thousands of people across the United Kingdom. People who live and work in social housing will be sharing good news stories about the difference that having a decent, affordable...

Closing the gender pay gap once and for all

Today in Westminster Hall, we will be debating a motion I submitted, ‘that this house has considered women and low pay’. That 45 years after the Equal Pay Act was introduced we still have to raise the issue of women and low pay is incredibly frustrating. It was...