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Category Archives: Housing
A week is a long time in Politics
Once a week my blog appears as a column in the Argus newspaper under the heading ‘I do like Mondays’. This is today’s piece: Last week should have been important for most people in the UK as two … Continue reading
Lets make a real difference in Sussex
The following piece appears in this mornings Argus: This coming weekend sees two events taking place here in Sussex that are both an attempt to change the way in which elements of our society operates and to dramatically improve the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Justice Issues
Tagged Bonfire, Brighton and Hove, Homelessness, Lewes, Warren Morgan, YMCA Downslink Group
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Words that are too important to be ignored
It is vital that some of the words from Theresa May at the Conservative Party conference are not drowned out by the frenzy currently surrounding her colleagues such as Grant Shapps as they attempt to determine who will be the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Housing, Infrastructure, Nimbyism, Theresa May
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Small Businesses have a new champion
The Government yesterday announced that they have appointed a Small Business Commissioner to champion the voice of small businesses. The person they have appointed is Paul Uppal who served as Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West from 2010 to 2015. He … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Paul Uppal, Small Business Commissioner
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Why has this taken so long?
The apparent loss or waste of £300,000 of public money is no small matter even in the context of a Council the size of Brighton and Hove which has an annual budget of £756m. The money is claimed to have … Continue reading
A Government unfit for purpose
Its easy to criticise Governments based on all sorts of criteria, running a nation is not easy. However today’s publication by the National Audit Office on the issue of Homelessness reveals holes in the fabric of the Government that are … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged DCLG, Eric Pickles, Greg Clark, Homelessness, NAO, Parliament, Sajid Javid MP
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We must support all rural communities
Although I have visited Northern Ireland on several occasions and know some folk who live there, I don’t have a very good handle on how the recent alliance between the Conservative Party and the DUP will have impacted the politics … Continue reading
Social Inequality is being ignored
The following is the text of my column in todays Argus newspaper: Last Wednesday whilst the Government was in the middle of debating the Queens speech and also fighting off a valiant attempt by most opposition politicians to increase public sector … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Child Poverty, Social mobility
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Sussex MP is an Equality Champion?
In the Parliamentary debate following the Grenfell Tower disaster it was reassuring to read the transcript of a question asked by Huw Merriman, MP for Battle and Bexhill. He challenged the Prime Minister: “I note that the Prime Minister said … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Grenfell Tower, Huw Merriman, Theresa May
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A busy Thursday ahead for Dex
Over many years in my previous occupation I had the privilege to meet and spend time with a range of senior and middle tier managers from the fire service, primarily in East Sussex as well as a small number in … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Community Safety, Housing
Tagged Dex Allen Fire Associates, Fire and Rescue, Grenfell Tower
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