Climate & environment

Firstly we should all be appalled at Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the Paris agreement, fortunately most Americans and certainly the people and businesses I know and work with in California are concerned for the environment. At a more local level I hope...

Schools & Child poverty

According to Barnardos there are 3.7 million children living in poverty in the UK. I grew up on one of the largest council estates in Europe in a low-income household and had free school meals but we didn’t consider ourselves poor therefore I find poverty difficult to...

Care of our Elderly

With a care system collapsing through lack of funding and 2 million of our older generation living in poverty we need urgent action, these are my 4 main concerns: 1, Social Care. Firstly as a priority we need to increase payments for social care unblock NHS beds and...

Manchester

I’m along with all of you appalled and disgusted with such an awful act, this has nothing to do with religion, I prayers are with the victims and their families. Just a quick word about the brave people who in moments of terror are running towards the threat, our...