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Articles by Lizzy Dobres
'Sixteen days, ten years, one promise: Labour must stick to its mission to halve violence against women and girls'
Exactly three years ago, I sat across a table from Keir Starmer MP, then the Leader of the Opposition, in a room with survivors of domestic abuse. He was on a visit facilitated by Women’s Aid where I worked, to a women’s refuge just outside of Birmingham. I watched as he carefully listened to each of their stories. For many of the women, it had taken up to a decade to feel that they could flee to safety. I could tell at that moment that this had moved him deeply.
How to fix our broken prison system
Our prisons are in a scandalous state – ignoring them is both inhumane and a waste of money, writes Jack May At last, from the government shackled, Prometheus-like, to the giant boulder of Brexit and infighting at the expense of all vague semblance of caring about any other issues, something resembling a policy.
Only blight at the end of the tunnel
Philip Hammond tried to paint a rosy picture yesterday, but the reality is there is more pain to come, writes Peter Hain In yesterday’s Spring statement Philip Hammond claimed that in autumn 2016 he relaxed George Osborne’s fiscal rules for repairing the public finances, including funding extra public spending in 2018-19.
Hammond’s comments show the Tories haven’t changed
The chancellor is as factually wrong as he is insensitive, argues Lizzy Dobres Appearing before the Treasury select committee, the chancellor’s comments yesterday showed the Conservatives are not only insensitive, but wrong and inconsistent. Phillip Hammond told the assembled members of parliament that the low level of productivity reported in the budget could be down to marginal groups in the workforce, such as ‘the disabled’.
Empty words on mental health
Theresa May promised to tackle the ‘burning injustice’ of mental health. For the sake of employees, their families and businesses, she must turn that promise into action, writes Lizzy Dobres Today is World Mental Health day, and we are reminded once again that one in four of us will suffer a mental health problem at some point in our lives. Given that most of us spend the majority of our adult lives at work, it is very likely our mental health will interfere with our work at some point.
CAMHS in crisis | Progress | News and debate from the progressive community
Britain’s mental health system is in desperate need of a radical overhaul, writes Lizzy Dobres Last week a #TimetoTalk day was held, a mental health awareness day set up by Time to Change. It was fantastic to see so many people participating in #TimetoTalk on social media, showing that we are so much closer to combatting the stigma.
CAHMS in crisis | Progress | News and debate from the progressive community
Britain’s mental health system is in desperate need of a radical overhaul, writes Lizzy Dobres Last week a #TimetoTalk day was held, a mental health awareness day set up by Time to Change. It was fantastic to see so many people participating in #TimetoTalk on social media, showing that we are so much closer to combatting the stigma.
Women pay the price again
Being unwilling to view Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as anything other than two sides of the same coin has come at a terrible cost, writes Lizzy Dobres Just two days after millions of women and men worldwide campaigned for women’s rights; Donald Trump banned federal funds being used for family planning clinics in one of his first acts as president.
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