Almost every child under 11 in the UK has been born under a Conservative government.
Commentary by Bernadette Meaden
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January 6, 2021
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December 30, 2020
Surveys of public attitudes consistently show that, when asked, people tend to be more positive about their own lives, friends, families and communities than they are about the country or the wider
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December 18, 2020
I never imagined Liz Truss would make me think of Tolstoy, but it’s been that kind of year.
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December 4, 2020
The government recently increased the UK’s defence budget substantially, citing the duty of a government to protect its people.
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November 30, 2020
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November 19, 2020
In recent days devolution has once again become a contentious issue, as Brexiteer politicians in London, without any apparent sense of irony, proclaimed the benefits of being part of a politi
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October 22, 2020
The capacity of our society to create confusion, distraction and obfuscation around the issue of poverty and economic injustice seems almost unlimited.
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October 14, 2020
On top of its countless other failings, one of the features of our current government is an absence of fresh or original thinking.
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October 7, 2020
Student accommodation is a lucrative business.
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September 17, 2020
Q. Your new book, Illness, Disability and Caring draws on the wisdom of the Bible to help us better understand various aspects of illness, disability and caring.
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August 23, 2020
Earlier this month Nigel Farage visited a hotel in Witham to ‘expose’ the fact that it was providing accommodation for a group of 40 asylum seekers – men, women, and children.
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July 26, 2020
If Boris Johnson wants a healthier population, his government needs to reduce poverty and inequality, something which is completely within its power to do, but which it shows no credible intention
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July 15, 2020
This government’s modus operandi increasingly reminds me a of a verse from Matthew’s gospel – but not in a good way.
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July 7, 2020
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May 26, 2020
When I wrote a book about illness, disability and caring I had never even heard of CO