Lambeth Articles

Every so often I hear a young person asking ‘Why should I bother to vote?’ or saying ‘You are all the same anyway?’ or ‘My vote won’t change anything!’ I have learnt to refrain from interrupting them and rambling on about how great the democracy process is and why it...

In recent weeks, Ed Miliband has been setting the agenda, focusing on key issues including the rising cost of energy bills, the urgent need for regulation on payday lenders and the crisis in A&E. Today he stuck with this theme and asked David Cameron a simple...

In the lexicon of modern politics, the phrases ‘community engagement’ and ‘consultation’ are all too often overused, lacking both clarity and commitment from those who spout it. The fact that they are a tick box exercise does none of us any favours; it feeds public...

His team didn’t win the match. It’s going to be a long night! ... For many women they know the trigger for violence can be based on many simple day-to-day issues. Therefore it is not just the violence itself but a life lived under continuous threat. How do you get a...