Author: pkl204

We spend so much of our waking lives at work, it’s surprising how little we seem to discuss our employment rights and conditions. Paid holiday, maternity and paternity leave, sick…

Ask any epidemiologist where we should money on healthcare if we want to provide the best outcomes for patients and maximum cost-effectiveness, and the answer would be Public Health. Yet,…

It is said that Winston Churchill once referred to Clement Attlee as "a sheep in sheep's clothing," yet over seventy years later it's the domestic policies of Attlee's post-war Labour…

There can be few people unaware of just how harsh cuts the councils have faced over recent years. With the Government grant set to disappear entirely over the next several…

This afternoon I attended the Royal College of Nursing's rally outside Parliament to drop the cap on public sector wages. It was one of the better organised rallies I have…

As kids head back to school, perhaps now is a good time to review the general state of local education. Over recent years, education has played an increasingly important role…