Uncategorized Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 19th September 2017 20 Sep 201719 Sep 2017 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…
Uncategorized The decline in Public Health 13 Sep 2017 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,…
Uncategorized A sheep in wolf’s clothing 11 Sep 2017 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…
Uncategorized Council services not council cuts 7 Sep 20177 Sep 2017 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…
Uncategorized A decent wage for public sector workers 6 Sep 2017 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…
Uncategorized Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 6th September 2017 6 Sep 20175 Sep 2017 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…