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Children are being priced out of British citizenship – it’s unjust and must change
In the 2019 Conservative leadership election, Boris Johnson claimed: “I want everybody who comes here and makes their lives here to be and to feel British”. But government policy is effectively telling hundreds of thousands of children the exact opposite.
Ground Rents Bill – In My View Column for the South London Press
This week, the Government brought forward long-awaited legislation on leasehold reform.
Whilst its Ground Rents Bill sounds like a step in the right direction for future homeowners, it doesn’t go far enough towards ending this exploitative model of ownership.
The care-to-prison pipeline shows we are failing looked-after children
In the past week, we have heard sombre stories about the state of children’s social care in the UK. The Department for Education revealed that the number of looked-after children has hit its highest number yet – up 1 per cent from 2020 to 80,850.
Misogynistic incel culture must be treated as violent extremism
Online platforms must take responsibility and work to prevent incel culture gaining credence and indoctrinating more young men.
Youth safety: tackling knife crime means investing in safer neighbourhoods
By resourcing local governments properly and adopting a holistic public health approach to violence, we can work effectively with the local community to make harm reduction the number one focus.