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The pandemic has highlighted a problem which has been growing for a number of years in which an increasing proportion of the public feel alienated from the political system, not feeling represented by any of the main political parties and perceiving the country as run by a political class who they describe as “them”  Continue reading “Alienation from the Political Process”

There is clearly still a major issue concerning the ability of our motorways to carry traffic effectively and much has been achieved (at great expense) over the last decade with the managed or smart motorways. However there are other things which could be done to improve things. When travelling along a motorway everything is goingContinue reading “Motorway capacity post covid-19”

With the COVID-19 pandemic, we are living through a world crisis the likes of which hasn’t been seen in 100 years. The enormous scale of the crisis and the impact it is having are naturally causing a lot of fear, uncertainty and anxiety across the globe. Add social isolation, disrupted work and family routines, cabinContinue reading “challenges occurring to our mental health due to the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic”

Imagine Mary – Mary is a single Mum with 3 children , she has tried really hard, due to Covid she has lost her job, she has no money, she can’t feed the children, the bailiffs are knocking on the door every day – Mary is desperate and by now mentally ill and not sleeping.Continue reading “Community Connector. Helping the whole human being.”

One serious issue that has been highlighted by the pandemic is how British health has been allowed to deteriorate to dangerous levels. According to the UN ¼ of adults in the UK are obese (with many more being deemed overweight) and obesity levels have more than trebled in the last 30 years and more thanContinue reading “The deterioration of health in the UK”

As can be seen by the British public, the goliath that is the NHS does have its down sides, ie layers of management on management, BUT what has also been seen is that when the chips are down, Government departments can come together for the greater GOOD, this is from scientists, engineers and all theContinue reading “NCS – National Climate Service”

The concept of ‘space’ has become a much-spoken about topic during the pandemic. Those working from home have struggled to find a ‘space to work’, children have battled to find a quiet ‘space to learn’, and those without shelter have been encouraged to find a ‘space to call home’ for their own safety. Where onceContinue reading “Space: the final frontier?”

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed the gaping holes in society’s social safety net. It demonstrated the level of financial insecurity within society, with millions of households unable to absorb any form of financial shock. This is most visibly demonstrated through the queues outside food banks across the UK – 4.7 million of adults are now experiencingContinue reading “Dundee Food Insecurity Network: a new model of accountable, responsive, and effective local government?”

£68bn in government-backed loans (BBLs and CBILs) have been disbursed to over 1.6m SMEs during the pandemic. These loans now account for over a quarter of all lending to SMEs. Although they provided an essential lifeline to keep businesses going, the contribution of these loans to corporate indebtedness now creates a risk to economic recovery.Continue reading “Corporate indebtedness from government-backed loans risks holding back the post-pandemic economic recovery”

A simple change that could be beneficial to people’s lives: This could be removing the VAT on defibrillators and their related equipment (pads, batteries and wall cabinets). It seems that there was a campaign in 2017 to remove the VAT but the answer came back that because we were in the EU we could notContinue reading “Removing the VAT on defibrillators and expanding first aid training”