Child Poverty Podcast
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Neil Kinnock has caused some controversy this week by raising the commitment to ending child poverty.
We covered this in podcast with the New Policy Institute. This is a little old now but still relevant. I thought in the view of the interest in Kinnock’s piece in the Guardian that I’d re-post the link
Child Poverty Podcast
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Podcast: Learning From New Zealand
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009For many around the world the Government of Helen Clarke in New Zealand was something of an inspiration. Clarke’s Labour Party led a series of progressive coalition governments that set about rebuilding the country— both socially and economically — and blowing away years of right wing, National Party, government. But after nine years in [...]
The Undying Popularity of Bob Piper
Friday, September 5th, 2008I’ve just been looking at my webstats. FOr some reason there is a massive upsurge of interest in the podcast I recorded with Bob Piper.
I’m suspicious. Surely, Bob doesn’t spend all day listening to himself
Podcast: Understanding the Climate Change Bill
Friday, June 13th, 2008The Climate Change Bill is just about to start its final passage through the House of Commons. The bill breaks new ground as the government seeks not only to lay out its strategy for dealing with climate change, but seeks to establish the benchmarks by which progress - and success - can be judged.
But environmentalists [...]
Podcasts - New Stuff on its Way
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008The podcasts have been on the back-burner recently but I’ll be making more of an effort with them over the coming months in an attempt to broaden the progressive, political consensus.
First up will be a chat on the forthcoming Climate Change Bill with a mate of mine who is both an impressive environmentalist and a [...]
Child Poverty
Monday, December 3rd, 2007This morning the Today programme led with a report into the state of Child Poverty here in the UK. The programme featured the annual report that the New Policy Institute compiles on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Just a reminder that this ground is covered in a Political Futures Podcast with Peter Kenway who [...]
Podcast: The Art of Political Blogging
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007It’s difficult to ignore bloggers these days. Politics and blogs seem to be and for each other; us politicos love them. In this podcast Political Futures talks to blogger - and Sandwell Councillor - Bob Piper about blogging on the left, how his blog helps his role as a councillor, and about how the use [...]
Podcast: Active Citizens and Public Engagement
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Active citizenship is a concept that we’re hearing more and more about these days. But developing active citizens poses real challenges to both political institutions and public agencies - we won’t encourage people to play a more active role in their community unless we engage them far more effectively and imaginatively.
For this podcast Political Furures visited [...]
Poverty in the UK Today Podcast
Thursday, July 26th, 2007A recent study by the Joseph Rowntree foundation, comparing wealth and poverty, has found that levels of inequality in the UK are at their highest for 40 years.
For this podcast Political Futures talks to Peter Kenway and Tom MacInnes of the New Policy Institute, compilers of the annual Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion reports. The discussion reflects on [...]
PF Interactive
Friday, July 20th, 2007This short Podcast tells you a little more about this podcast project, tells you how you can get involved and how newsfeed subscriptions will keep you in touch with new programmes and new developments.
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