Published by The Daily Telegraph (18th March, 2016) Sometimes you can only shake your head at the sheer stupidity of politicians, so stuck in their Westminster bubble that […]
Health / Policy / Politics
A new tax to save a struggling health system
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (29th February, 2016) I am not a fan of Sir David Nicholson, the former National Health Service chief executive. His […]
Education / Policy / Politics
The spread of fat cats in the public sector
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (15th February, 2016) Birmingham University was one of the losers in the last global ranking of the world’s finest higher […]
Crime / Policy
To get really tough on crime, we must help prisoners
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (8th February, 2016) For many years ministers privately complained that even the most carefully chosen chief inspector of prisons rapidly […]
Immigration / Policy
It’s easy to talk a good game on immigration
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (1st February, 2016) There is sometimes a single moment when talented young footballers do something so outrageous they declare themselves […]
Europe / European Union / Germany / Immigration / Policy
Time to face the truth about immigration
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (January 18th, 2016) The mood across Europe is hardening as desperate people continue to pour across borders in search of […]
Health / Policy
We need to wake up to the NHS crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd January, 2016) There is one thing everyone can agree on: the last thing our nation needs right now is for thousands of doctors […]
Health / Policy
A sickness at the heart of the NHS
Published by The Independent (14th December, 2015) Two weeks ago I went to a journalism awards ceremony at which the speaker was a man who blew the whistle […]
Aid / Environment / Policy
Why is Britain spending millions on flood aid abroad?
Published by The Daily Mail (9th December, 2015) The human drama being played out in Cumbria this week could hardly be more heartbreaking. Christmas trees, their baubles askew, lie […]
Economics / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Immigration rules are causing a curry crisis
Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd December, 2015) Shortly after the turn of the century, the then foreign secretary Robin Cook gave a speech celebrating British diversity that […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care
Family tragedy shines penetrating light on failures of state care
Published by The Daily Mail (26th November, 2015) The case of the Clarence family is one of the most harrowing to have hit the headlines in recent years: […]