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Local Government Adviser and Founder of Social Policy Forum at Academy of Ideas

Archives for October 2015

PSPOS: Protecting Public Space from the Public

October 20, 2015 by dclements Leave a Comment

First published in sp!ked The petty policing of public spaces is inhibiting community life. A couple of weeks ago, Walthamstow town centre was apparently in the grip of a crisis. For four hours, following reports of a ‘huge riot’ involving 200 young people, this busy part of north-east London came to a standstill as police […]

Filed Under: Behaviour, Cities, Community, Crime, Freedom

Poverty pay: the political elite says this is as good as it gets

October 16, 2015 by dclements Leave a Comment

First published in International Business Times Not so long ago support for a minimum wage, much like nationalisation of the railways and unilateral disarmament, marked you out as a state socialist. Today the Living Wage is the new common sense. While there is some opposition from employers, it is striking that the government and the […]

Filed Under: Poverty, Welfare, Work

If people choose to smoke, vape or drink too much that should be up to them

October 1, 2015 by dclements Leave a Comment

How the headlines have changed: British smokers urged to start vaping by health officials; E-cigarettes ‘should be prescribed on the NHS’. Anexpert independent evidence review from Public Health England (PHE), recognises that e-cigarettes are not only practically harmless, they are already helping people to give up smoking and are, to quote the author of the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: e-cigarettes, vaping

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