£50 million of funding was announced this week for 13 councils to research “health inequalities”. The practical benefit has not been made clear.
‘Social prescribing’ can really help to resolve the complex web of financial, health and legal issues the most vulnerable face.
Lambeth is the perfect storm of poor housing management, road closures, identity politics and a failed Mayor.
A community veto against changing street names and destroying statues is not unreasonable.
We must continue to devolve power to council taxpayers themselves – building on the legacy of the abolition of the Audit Commission.
In an open society, people and businesses have the freedom to move around; to take advantage of opportunity.
People who aspire to own their own homes move out of London to where property is cheaper.
Asserting that everyone not white or male is a victim, and that all white people are racist is insidious and self-destructive.
A proportional distribution of seats within multi-member wards would achieve greater fairness and more competition.
Voluntary-aided status works both for Catholic schools and everyone else. Furthermore, lifting the cap from new institutions could have had unexpected consequences.
Smaller electoral areas with just one councillor each would make for less confusion, more accountability – and fewer one party states.
Dorian Bartley, whose day job involves working alongside police to “reduce crime”, also shared conspiracy theories about terrorist attacks in the UK and US.
Michael Gove’s latest steps to strengthen the hand of social tenants are a good first step, but Tory campaigners need to put this issue front and centre.