Articles for the Herald and Post

From the moment the number of Labour MPs calling for their own party leader to leave No 10 hit the dozens, it was a point of no return – either to the upheaval...

Urban and rural Britain sometimes seem to be treated as separate worlds. They aren’t. They depend on each other, and always have. The strength of our national...

The policy landscape on smartphones in schools and social media for children is finally beginning to shift here, as it has in other countries. In recent weeks...

It is well known that East Hampshire has been subject to a huge increase in the house building target handed to it by central government. Less widely known...

Hampshire voters will shortly be going to the polls in important County Council elections. Who manages and delivers services for us locally really matters. But...

Children’s mental health is a particularly topical issue at the moment, not least because of the government’s consultation on whether under-16s should have...

A new ‘financial year’ is upon us. Most of us think in calendar years (January to December) and educators work on academic years (starting in September). But...

There is one issue I have returned to time and again over the past year – youth unemployment. And for good reason. Youth unemployment is now at a ten-year high...

As the first signs of spring appear – and with the occasional glimpse of sunshine – many of us are finally emerging from winter hibernation and venturing back...