By the book
05/09/2024
As the finding from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry are published, Jo looks at why Red Tape can be important.
Look back in anger
29/08/2024
As Next could face a £30m bill to compensate workers over the Equality Act, Jo Phillips wonders why some employers still aren’t honouring equal pay obligations.
Reality Bites
22/08/2024
Labour have inherited appalling, expensive, long term problems but a broken record of blame doesn’t move anything forward. We know whose fault it is, we need to hear what you’re going to do about it.
University? No thanks
08/08/2024
With A-level results day looming, in this week’s blog, Jo reflects on the trend of declining numbers of school leavers applying to higher education and the change that needs to occur in the further education market.
England, whose England?
01/08/2024
Which is the England that the EDL is pretending to defend?
Game on – Top Trump
25/07/2024
It’s game on in the U.S. presidential race and Keir Starmer’s first PMQ’s was exercise in courtesy and restraint.
The King and Keir
18/07/2024
After years of shouting, ranting and bridge burning, we might start to see something of a restoration of Britian’s global reputation – the King and Keir could be a powerful double act.
Making ripples
11/07/2024
Keir Starmer has inherited many problems, but without cash to spend his best hope is to reform and repair the systems and practices that have scuppered.
No penalty shoot out
05/07/2024
Jo Phillips explains what we could expect from a new government, but cautions that change won’t happen overnight.
Double or quits
27/06/2024
Politicians are humans and flawed like everyone else. People make mistakes and will often pay a high price for them. But not this lot because what’ so shocking is they don’t seem to know they’ve made a mistake in the first place…
Not so cunning stunts
20/06/2024
In her latest Blog, Jo Phillips reflects on Just Stop Oils latest protest, the politicisation of environmental concerns and the difficultly of striking a balance when it comes to implementing green initiatives.