Food protections set to be slashed
We are already facing a Tory government seemingly obsessed with stripping us of our rights, and now they wish to take away our protections also.
Gardening for health and wellbeing
AFTER Dave Middleton’s amusing article on Growing Concrete, I think there is probably space for a more serious Gardeners Corner, so I will attempt to share my experiences in the…
The poor just keep getting poorer
I AM always angry at the levels of poverty and inequality, not just in the UK but throughout the world, but became even more so last week when I saw…
Afghanistan hospitals devastated
JUST a few months ago our media was full of stories about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and how the Taliban was now in control, but what we have…
Inequality Causes ‘Adverse Birth Outcomes’
A REPORT from a national study into the negative effects of poverty, racism and discrimination on childbirth has been published by The Lancet. The data, compiled by the National Maternity…