The Deliberation Station

Let me assure you, there IS a positive message here; you're just going to have to read a little bit more dirge first before you get to i...

Framework, the charity I work for, is ten this month. In some ways this still comes as a surprise to me. It feels like we’ve been around for...

What a Pickle! Homelessness is on the increase. A leaked letter from Eric Pickles to David Cameron has cheered me up today. Pickles told th...

There's not a lot that prompts a bout of feather spitting for me. Aside from the rigours of everyday life, work and my faltering fitness...

An uncomfortable truth has bubbled its way to the top of my consciousness over the last few months. As the cuts in public spending start to...

FAO: the Department of Communities and Local Government. (Grant Shapps) I read a response yesterday to an article about Supporting People c...

I met recently with an official from Newark and Sherwood District Council who told me that applications for mortgage rescue had more than do...