Opinions

I thought very long and very hard about what I would say to you all this morning. I thought I’d start with what I’m not here to tell you. So I’m not here to...

Public institutions are meant to be independent and free from politics but senior leaders ignore the law and allow ideological groups to misrepresent it Reading...

To understand the role of the UK in the global trade landscape, we must describe what that landscape looks like right now. Everyone in this room is old enough...

We navel gaze too much as a country. It is true we face significant economic challenges. But what is invariably left out from our debate is that almost every...

I had an epiphany after speaking at a conference in the summer of 2018. The panel on which I appeared was titled 'Beyond Black and White' and addressed whether...

I was advised not to listen to Keira’s harrowing story but I overruled that: ministers must overcome obstacles to find the truth Government ministers have...

Normalising the phrase does not eliminate racism, it exacerbates feelings of difference in society Over the last year, terms such as “white privilege” have...

This last week has shown how difficult it is to have a nuanced discussion on race issues in the UK, especially when you belong to an ethnic minority, WRITES...

We live in a country where maternal deaths are rare and women’s experience of maternity care is generally positive. However, around 1,000 babies are still lost...