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Robert Halfon: We will need a Remembrance Day to honour our Corona Heroes

Plus: And a Coronavirus Social Justice Minister. Give thanks for Starmer. And: it’s time for a Virtual Parliament.

By Robert Halfon MP | 8 April 2020 | 43 comments

Ed Hall: The heroes of the struggle against the virus are Little Britons, not the Big State

The part of the country that is working well is the part that is not waiting for people in a risk-averse chain of centralised command to make a decision.

By Ed Hall | 8 April 2020 | 16 comments

Peter Fox: Working to defeat the coronavirus in Monmouthshire

We have been blown away by the hundreds of people who have come forward to help. Out of bad comes good.

By Peter Fox | 8 April 2020

Andrew Kennedy: In all its chaotic glory, the Big Society has come alive in the villages of Kent

A friend of mine who runs the pub decided to turn his hand to takeaway food – delivering a meal to every vulnerable older person at no charge.

By Andrew Kennedy | 3 April 2020 | 22 comments

Luke Evans: Communicate, organise, problem-solve. My three principles for local action to help combat the virus.

My casework system has seen 400 plus new emails from residents and businesses entered onto it, for the most part each of which represents a new case.

By Dr Luke Evans MP | 1 April 2020

Coronavirus: some councils are doing better than others. And where are the Police and Crime Commissioners?

They should be ensuring that the police do not behave in a way that alienates people. Plus – the imperative to free up NHS beds.

By Harry Phibbs | 1 April 2020 | 7 comments

Will Tanner: Service and self-sacrifice. Our new polling suggests that people are more concerned about others than themselves.

A deep reservoir of community and contribution, obscured in normal times, has been uncovered by our present situation.

By Will Tanner | 30 March 2020 | 29 comments

David Gauke: The virus – and my journey from serving as Lord Chancellor to volunteering to stack shelves

Plus: Treasury and Work & Pensions lessons. Greenlighters v the rest. Remembering Attlee’s surplus. And: the key question now is “how”, not “what”.

By David Gauke | 28 March 2020 | 71 comments

The virus. Why Johnson fell. Why Johnson flourished. Two first drafts of history from 2024.

Two extreme versions of what happens next in Britain. Events are more likely to end up somewhere in the middle.

By Paul Goodman | 27 March 2020 | 110 comments

Holly Whitbread: The irony is that, despite social distancing, the crisis is bringing us together

In Epping Forest, Whatsapp groups have emerged with people offering to run errands. People are using newly formed takeaway services.

By Cllr Holly Whitbread | 27 March 2020

Teresa O’Neill: In Bexley, we have launched a volunteers hub to help get through the crisis

The number of people who have already pledged their support is amazing, but entirely typical of our community spirit and commitment to helping each other.

By Teresa O'Neill | 20 March 2020 | 4 comments

Victoria Borwick: We must invest in the next generation to cut knife crime

These opportunities and options should start far earlier in children’s lives, enabling a twin-track of skills training.

By Victoria Borwick | 21 April 2019 | 33 comments

Mark Isherwood: The Welsh Government’s local budget settlement is rife with cronyism

Labour-run councils in Cardiff, Newport, and Neath Port Talbot see extra funding – while others have cuts imposed.

By Mark Isherwood | 29 October 2018 | 3 comments

John Glen: We need more local innovation to help deliver social justice

What is needed is smarter budgeting – that uses evidence on what works to establish quantifiable future savings.

By John Glen MP | 16 May 2016 | 4 comments

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