Do you know about the Barnsley Parkrun?
It’s a free-to-enter, 5 kilometre run that takes place every Saturday at 9am in Locke Park and is part of a national chain of events in parks across the country. I’ve taken part in the event a number of times and I always enjoy the great atmosphere and camaraderie of the run.
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April 04, 2017
Statement on the terrorist attack on Westminster
Over the coming hours, days and weeks much will be said about the attack that took place in Westminster yesterday. It will be analysed and explored from every angle, with every possible cause and effect considered.
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March 23, 2017
My Private Member's Bill to tackle child poverty
My Private Member's Bill sets out to introduce a target to reduce Child Poverty. As in life, if you want to achieve something in Government, it is useful to set a target. I believe setting a target would help realise a common purpose to tackle child poverty, which includes communities, employers and government at every level.
February 03, 2017
The scandal of Sure Start and Children's Centre closures
In December 2016 I asked the Government a series of Parliamentary Questions that revealed how deeply their cuts had affected Sure Start and Children's centres.
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January 09, 2017
Pause for Christmas – and then make a life-changing commitment for the New Year
This has felt like the longest and most difficult of years. Whilst every year brings its challenges, 2016 has had an extraordinary ability to surprise, confound and disturb.
December 23, 2016
We should enshrine in law a target for cutting child poverty
We are living through the biggest increase in relative child poverty in a generation.
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December 20, 2016
My questioning of Government reveals they abolished child poverty unit
In response to my parliamentary question, the government admit they have abolished the Child Poverty Unit. So they now have no target, no unit and no intention of ending child poverty.
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December 20, 2016
Child poverty should scar our conscience - my Times article
I have written for The Times about why we should enshrine in law a target for cutting child poverty. You can read the full article here.
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December 20, 2016
A Quiet Crisis
Last week the Office for National Statistics released figures showing that over the course of winter last year a staggering 24,300 people died from mostly preventable causes.
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December 02, 2016
Take Time to Remember and Reflect
2016 has been another poignant year of remembrance. The people of Britain and the Commonwealth marked the centenary of the battles of Jutland and the Somme.
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November 15, 2016