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Tackling the Loneliness Epidemic

Tackling the Loneliness Epidemic

When I spoke about the injustice of loneliness at the Conservative Conference, I hadn’t realised I was tapping into a topic that would be so important to so many people.   I spoke about loneliness because of a thought that struck me directly after the election. I had stood as the Parliamentary Candidate in Luton South, and like any election […]

by · 22nd December 2017 · Blog
Cutting aid to South Africa: Sensible policy, so why are Labour and the left so incensed?

Cutting aid to South Africa: Sensible policy, so why are Labour and the left so incensed?

  Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, has announced that from 2015 the UK will no longer give £19 million a year in aid to South Africa, the 29th wealthiest country in the world. As well as being a fellow member of the G20, South Africa has an annual GDP (PPP) of $555.1 billion. In a desperate attempt […]

by · 1st May 2013 · Blog