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Liverpool Age ConcernLast week I visited Age Concern in Liverpool. It was fantastic to see for myself the huge range of support and services the charity offers to older people. The charity does a lot to encourage healthy lifestyles including promoting physical activity and healthy cooking. They showed me the care packages on offer and we discussed their concerns about government... |
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Welfare Reform Bill and Benefit Cap
After much publicity the Welfare Reform Bill returned to the Commons this week for consideration of the amendments suggested by the House of Lords. All Bills go to the House of Lords who debate them in a similar way to the MPs in the House of Commons. They then discuss, propose and vote on amendments...
The Power of None
What do UK contributions to Eurozone bailouts, the failure to deport Abu Qatada and wind farms each have in common? They are, explained my constituent, “the sort of things I voted Conservative to stop. Yet they just seem to happen anyway”. No one voted to allow industrial-size...
Jon supports Homes for Heroes plan
Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham, has backed recent government plans to offer ex-service personnel help with housing. Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham, has backed recent government plans to offer ex-service personnel help with...
Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in South Derbyshire
Following on from my post on the 18th of January cold weather payments have now been triggered in the following postcodes in South Derbyshire. DE1, DE11, DE12, DE13, DE14, DE15, DE2, DE23, DE24, DE3, DE6, DE65, DE7, DE72, DE73, LE6, LE65 This...
Community Focus: Liberty Credit Union
Liberty Credit Union tell us about their work. “Exciting times are ahead as we have just negotiated our first permanent base in Vicarage Field Shopping Centre in Barking. We are looking to open by the end of March 2012 which will make our services even more accessible - you can of course join in our...
Jon questions fairness of CCTV smart cars
Last Friday Jon Cruddas was in Rainham to discuss the local council’s controversial use of CCTV smart cars to target local shoppers and residents. He met with John Kirkwood, a small businessman in Rainham, who is unhappy about Havering council’s use of the CCTV cars which he feels is damaging businesses...
10 minute Rule Bill: Road Safety
Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions for a 10 minute rule bill. I have amalgameted several suggestions around road safety and the bill is reproduced below. “That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require drivers to … Continue reading →...
BLOG: Neighbourhood Justice Panels to be piloted in Swindon
At the end of last year, I wrote about my support for the idea of Neighbourhood Justice Panels, and said I’d be lobbying hard for Swindon to be part of the government’s pilot project. As you may have read on the front page of yesterday’s Adver, we’ve been successful. I’m delighted that...
Ken’s policing pledge for London
Ken Livingstone today launched a new campaign against rising violent crime and police cuts in London, pledging to: 1. Reverse Boris Johnson’s cuts to 1700 police officers 2. Reinstate sergeants to all 600 Safer Neighbourhood Teams, more of which will be beefed up to a minimum of nine officers,...
Greece should leave the Euro
The more I read about the economic disaster in Greece, the more I wish they would let them out of the currency straight jacket that is part of the problem. Greece has five main economic troubles. Its government has borrowed too much in the past, and wishes...
It’s not just bankers, it’s lawyers too
While bankers remain hate figure no.1, it is important to recognise that many other top occupations have joined the Gadarene charge to the trough. And it’s not just the board members and chief executives of the mega-corporations, who had a 49% increase in remuneration last...
How to wake up the Commons
It has worked every time. About a dozen times I have accused the Coalition of creating an ineptocracy. More recently it has been an 'ineptocracy of greed' or an 'ineptocracy of privilege.' The possibilities are endless. Tonight I was contacted by a splendid website who have written...
No depression
So Maria Miller, the DWP Minister, says there are loads of jobs out there if people just looked a little bit harder. And here’s the debunking of that argument from the Guardian (with kudos to James Ball, who is doing increasingly excellent work. His columns and Channel 4′s Fact Check are...
Health and Social Care Bill risk register
The post below goes some way towards explaining why I haven’t signed the EDM that a few people have been urging me, via Twitter, to sign. It’s EDM 2659 and was only tabled on 30th January so, apart from anything else, I didn’t actually realise it existed. We have a couple of months...
