A few months ago, Labour voted with Tory rebels to pass a motion demanding a cut in Britain’s contribution to the EU budget, after David Cameron had indicated that he’d love to achieve a cut but would accept a freeze. The move drew criticism from some commentators (and naturally from ministers...
The Work and Pensions Secretary has welcomed a fall in unemployment, which now stands at 362,000 in the capital and 2.5 million across the UK. It means the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance has fallen to a near two-year low. But during an explosive interview with LBC 97.3’s...
In an era in which every single national newspaper is experiencing a decline in sales apart from one, the i (The Independent's little sister) should we be too concerned about their influence and agenda? Add in to that the data that shows that the readers of The Daily Telegraph, The...
The scandal that started in the UK is now sweeping Europe – it’s that ready-made meals in British supermarkets labelled as beef have turned out to contain anything up to 100% horse meat. So consumers are paying for more expensive beef and being fed horse, with the added health...
Thank you for welcoming me to JP Morgan here in Bournemouth. When you think about where to give a speech on culture and ethics and the future of British banking, the offices of one of the world’s largest American investment banks may seem like an odd choice of venue....
“The Big 4 accountancy firms have been quizzed this morning by MPs, and have admitted to promoting tax dodging. The hypocrisy of this is staggering – the government has given hundreds of millions of pounds to the Big 4 accountancy firms in public sector contracts, and has allowed these...
My name is Lauren Layfield, I work on The One Show at the BBC. I wonder if you can help me? We’re desperately after families, single mums or single people who are going to be affected by the bedroom tax. I wondered if you knew of anyone...
In 2006, Cpl Donald Payne was the first British soldier to be convicted of a war crime in this country under the International Criminal Court Act 2001. His crime was the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners held by British Forces in Southern Iraq in September 2003. He received...
I beg your indulgence, a few paragraphs following are history, but persevere and you’ll see the relevance soon. The world changed in the eighties. Until then, the world was a better, more compassionate place. People were happy to do their job for satisfaction’s sake, and a living wage. Greed...
This is a difficult post to write, but I think it has to be written. So please, don’t make the mistake of thinking what I’m about to say means my heart isn’t breaking at the tragic loss of lives in yet another US school shooting. As I write, the...
