Louise Casey Articles

Witnessing the predictable hysteria surrounding the Casey review has been a curious activity. I expected the report to be called Islamaphobic but to label it as racist surprised even me. Banal accusations of racism and discrimination weaken real acts of hate and...

I am optimistic about public services – even during a period of austerity.  It is just plain wrong to view the private sector as the source of innovation, enterprise and ingenuity versus the dead hand of the state.  This weekend I was heartened by reading Louise...

Standing on a cold corner handing out leaflets for Simon Murphy, the excellent police and crime commissioner candidate for West Mercia, I was more than a little frustrated when several people said to me, ‘I don’t think I’m going to vote – I haven’t heard anything...

Three hearty cheers for Louise Casey. Her report published last week dealing, euphemistically, with troubled families, will be seen in history as a milestone in reforming our client-based welfare state. Casey was no doubt critical of the term of references she was...