Hard times for schools and teachers
On Wednesday 1 February, more than 300 striking teachers, lecturers, civil servants and their supporters marched through Weymouth. They gathered…
Voters will need photo ID in elections
OVER the last month or so I have been out and about in the constituency on Fridays and at…
Planned council tax hike would cost Band D household £1.41 a week
WELL folks, it’s that time of year again. Council tax. Everyone’s favourite topic…. Dorset Council is one of the top…
Citizens Advice steps up to the plate in face of the cost-of-living crisis
Citizens Advice helped 2.4 million people last year, with more than 60 million visiting its online advice pages. The Guardian…
Local Plan hold-up has consequences
ONE side-effect of the new unitary Dorset Council when it came into being in 2019 was to bring five…
So, does it matter if I vote?
OVER the last few years, I must have knocked on at least 50,000 doors and my heart sinks when…
Workers striking to save the NHS
At the end of my dad’s long life, when – like so many others – he was lost in…
Day in the life of HM Solicitor General
I WAS appointed Her Majesty’s Solicitor General shortly before the Queen died, and then re-appointed by the current Prime…
Food for thought as crisis continues
The measure of a community is surely how it reaches out to those in need of support, to the…
‘NHS vacancies tell story about pay’
By the time this is published, we will have seen nurses in England strike for the first time in…