The Government is delivering on its promises
At the beginning of the lockdown, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the Government would support jobs, incomes, businesses and do whatever it took to get people and the …
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Statues and straw men
Black Lives Matter protests, sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor in the USA, have brought the issue of systemic racism to the forefront of …
Making it up as they go along
The ill-thought out relaxation of lockdown, the Dominic Cummings debacle, and poorly considered last-minute announcements have contributed to an increase in the ‘R’ rate in my neck of the woods and in the South West.
What to keep after coronavirus?
What are your top issues as we ‘recover’ from the effects of COVID-19?
Profiling child vulnerability
Nobody knows better than local authorities the challenge of keeping vulnerable children safe.
Pandemic exposes fragility of social care
The lessons learnt from the past few months will be many and far-reaching. None will be more important than the fragility of the social care system.
Plugging the information gap
With greater access to information than ever before, the problem we face increasingly is not a lack of information, but finding the ‘right’ information and avoiding misinformation.
A new virtual reality?
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all our lives. Lockdowns, shutdowns and empty office buildings must surely raise a few questions about how we all operate and, indeed, how we may operate in the future.
Affordable credit for vulnerable families
magine you’re in a low-earning or non-working household, and have a grand total of £85 in the bank. Imagine your fridge breaks, or the baby outgrows their cot. What happens next?