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New Year, New Website 11 Feb 2013 | 02:52 am
It has been a journey these last few years blogging on this site, but now it is time to move on. My new website is now at http://www.natwei.com. Visit it to find out what I am up to. I will no longer ...
Why we need a National Retirement Service 29 Jun 2012 | 08:50 pm
It has been a while since I last posted, partly because I have been heavily preoccupied with the question of major life transitions, which I and others will be publishing a report on next week to coin...
Why citizens should be allowed to provide care not just professionals 17 Feb 2012 | 12:24 am
It is has been an eventful week, and a milestone in a campaign which I and a number of Parliamentarians, ably led by the dogged Lord McColl, have been trying to get the government to agree to allow le...
Speech on social value: a nudge in the right direction 30 Jan 2012 | 10:27 am
I had the privilege of speaking in the Lords in a second reading debate on the Public Services (Social Value) Bill, which seeks to oblige commissioners of public services to take into account social v...
What is the government’s approach to social policy? 1 Dec 2011 | 03:12 am
With the only focus it seems these days and over the last 24 hours especially to observers of government being economic matters and deficit reduction (or more accurately but less eloquently deficit gr...
The Garden Centre as a Community Hub 16 Nov 2011 | 08:00 am
As I go round the country these days I am often on the lookout for unusual places where community thrives, away from traditional locations we might normally associate with the idea of community. Many ...
Raising the Village: Speech to heads of local authority youth services 9 Nov 2011 | 03:40 am
I have just got back from giving a speech alongside a very positive Tim Loughton MP to heads of local authority youth services at their annual gathering organized by CHYPS the Confederation of Heads o...
Give Shoreditch – popping up to raise money for local charities 24 Sep 2011 | 06:22 pm
Starting this morning a group of civic entrepreneurs are getting together to raise money for Shoreditch-based charities by setting up a pop-up coffee shop. Called Give Shoreditch, it’s running for 9 ...
We may have to get used to scenes like these 11 Aug 2011 | 11:51 am
As I and other Peers and MPs return to Parliament today, I cannot help but be struck by how extraordinary the events of the last week or so have been. Global financial meltdown on the one hand is mirr...
After Hackgate – towards a more citizen-led media 14 Jul 2011 | 08:33 am
From out of the wreckage caused by Hackgate, which has rocked Westminster, Fleet Street, and Scotland Yard alike, it is clear that a long-overdue programme of media reform must arise. What is unknown ...
