Labour Local Government Conference
I really enjoyed chairing a session at Labour’s local government conference in Nottingham recently. I was lucky to have had some fantastic leaders on my panel including Sir Richard Leese, Tudor Evans, Steve Cowan and Toby Perkins MP.
To Speak or Not to Speak: Would You Share a Panel With a Hate Preacher?
I recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post about a panel I was asked to speak on. You can read the full article here and feel free to leave comments: To Speak or Not to Speak: Would You Share a Panel With a Hate Preacher?
Libraries
Dear Editor, Week after week we see letters attacking our approach to libraries. Unlike other local authorities Camden sought to minimise disruption to library services at a time of unprecedented cuts to our local government budget. We did this by working with our residents and tapping into our unrivalled community [...]
Olympic Summer
Dear Editor It’s great to see so many residents enjoying the festival of street photography, the Big Dane event and the Children’s Literature Festival as part of Camden’s Olympic summer offer. In addition to the Olympic Torch appearing in the borough today, we also have the ‘Breathing Trees’ exhibition in [...]
Innovation and Development Fund
This is a letter i sent to the local papers last week: Dear Editor In tough times we need to think of creative solutions. The cuts to our local government budget mean we need clever ways of doing more with less. By working together we can tackle inequality and help [...]