Graham Allen

Ned Simons

Recall Election Plans Too Weak And Should Be Dropped, Say MPs

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 28.06.2012 | UK Politics

The government should abandon its plan to allow voters to sack MPs mid-term, a Commons committee has said. In a report published on Thursday the Po...

David Cameron's Dickensian Values Are Harming Problem Families

Hilton Dawson RSW | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK Politics
Hilton Dawson RSW

The government is promoting dangerous ideas about the poor and it is not listening to common sense. It is not listening to social workers, and it is not listening to its own advisors.

Registering To Vote 'Should Be Compulsory', Say MPs

PA | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK Politics

Failure to register to vote should become an offence to stop the "real risk" of "large numbers" of people falling off the electoral roll under a plann...

Government Cuts Could Store up Problems for the Future If Vital Children's Services Aren't Protected

Anne Marie Carrie | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK
Anne Marie Carrie

We want the Government as a whole to act now to mitigate the risk of failing to maintain investment in early intervention, which could ultimately lead to greater longer term problems, such as more children being taken into care. By planning carefully, and involving the voluntary sector in ensuring money given to local authorities for early intervention schemes is spent wisely, local and national government can avoid giving with one hand and taking with the other.

An 'Implied Will' we Didn't Vote For

Graham Allen | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics
Graham Allen

We should be using our political firepower on assisting the political solution and getting Libya's Arab friends and neighbours around the table , and less of our military firepower in pursuing an ever changing 'implied' will of UN SCR 1973.