Warning for Wales as G20 Inequality Rises

Even if we can save the global economy from its current crisis, a new Oxfam report shows how the proceeds of growth are still often failing to reach the poor, and how the negative impacts of unsustainable…

‘Joe Bach’ and the Holocaust

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day when we pledge to challenge the language of hatred, give voice to the voiceless and work to create a society free from persecution and hatred.

Whenever I think of the Holocaust I…

Staying in control

Keeping control of our lives – Mutual Retirement Housing.  Wales has an ageing society.  Improved health services and better diets mean that people are living longer.  Nowadays there are more pensioners than youngsters under 18 years.  But…

Still committed to children’s rights?

As a new year dawns and once again there is time for reflection on the year just gone, there are many contenders for events that shocked, delighted, amused, disappointed or just made me sit up…

Wales, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice

The conviction of two of the members of the gang that killed Stephen Lawrence has once again raised the issue of the experience of violence and the treatment by the police of people from ethnic minority groups, and their…

Not just for Christmas…

As we all prepare ourselves for Xmas and check our present lists, its got me thinking from a slightly different perspective than usual, about how we as a society provide for children’s play….

Anxious times for free advice providers

Rhondda Taff Citizens Advice Bureau (RTCAB) is based in Pontypridd but delivers advice services in almost 40 community venues across Rhondda Cynon Taff.  Our clients are amongst the most deprived in the social and economic factors measured…

No win, No fee?

You couldn’t tell from the title or from the furore that focussed on Ken Clarke’s dropped plans for criminals who plead guilty to have their prison sentence halved, but alongside swingeing cuts to Legal Aid there is, hidden in…

All’s fair… or is it?

A sense of fairness underlies issues of social justice – what is deemed to be ‘fair’ within society reflects the allocation of education, jobs, money between different social groups. When we examine any issues within society it is clear…

Unfair changes to employment and support allowance

New research from the CRESR estimates that 1 million people will be forced to find work due to changes to incapacity benefits.  In a labour market short of several million jobs, these will increase poverty yet further. Moreover, they…