This week I have slammed Kent County Council’s cuts to funding for adult education in the arts.
Category: News
Attending TUC Women’s Conference
I was privileged to attend the TUC women’s conference on the 6th – 8th of March at Congress House London.
Do we need Manston Airport?
Campaigners against the redevelopment of Manston into an air cargo hub have won the right to appeal an earlier decision that gave the green light to developers.
Border chaos, forced adoption and Gatwick expansion
In November last year the BBC asked whether I’d appear again on Sunday Politics South East. I said I would, as long as they covered forced adoption, a topic close to my heart.
Thanet Parkway: 300 passengers a day for £35m?
Thanet Parkway station only has 300 users per day. I have long maintained that this station is quite simply in the wrong location and that Thanet didn’t need yet another station.
Thanet Parkway Station. A dangerous white elephant.
Thanet Parkway railway station opened this morning. At a cost of at least £45 million and rising – the final bills aren’t in.
Marking the 75th birthday of our NHS
Today we celebrate something important, something that we all share in common. It’s the 75th birthday of our NHS. Happy birthday!
Catching up on Academy FM
This weekend I was the guest on Academy FM, aiming to keep it bright and breezy, despite the weather, the strikes and the cost of living crisis.
NHS crisis: who’s to blame?
Craig Mackinlay hasn’t got a clue about our NHS. The Tories have stripped it out and ignored research and advice presented to them.
“Of course there’s poverty, but is there destitution?”
South Thanet MP, Craig Mackinlay has come in for heavy criticism after our head-to-head on Politics South East last weekend. Watch here and make your own decision.