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.
Plus: And a Coronavirus Social Justice Minister. Give thanks for Starmer. And: it’s time for a Virtual Parliament.
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.
We have been blown away by the hundreds of people who have come forward to help. Out of bad comes good.
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.
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.
They should be ensuring that the police do not behave in a way that alienates people. Plus – the imperative to free up NHS beds.
A deep reservoir of community and contribution, obscured in normal times, has been uncovered by our present situation.
Plus: Treasury and Work & Pensions lessons. Greenlighters v the rest. Remembering Attlee’s surplus. And: the key question now is “how”, not “what”.
Two extreme versions of what happens next in Britain. Events are more likely to end up somewhere in the middle.
In Epping Forest, Whatsapp groups have emerged with people offering to run errands. People are using newly formed takeaway services.
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.
These opportunities and options should start far earlier in children’s lives, enabling a twin-track of skills training.
Labour-run councils in Cardiff, Newport, and Neath Port Talbot see extra funding – while others have cuts imposed.
What is needed is smarter budgeting – that uses evidence on what works to establish quantifiable future savings.