Welcome ban on plastic bags at last!

The Government's crack down on plastic bags is welcome, but rather late compared to us locals!

Lutterworth Labour Party and friends were campaigning for plastic bag reduction many years ago: "Join blitz on plastic bags", Lutterworth Mail, 2008; "Recycling is in the bag", Lutterworth Diary, 2009; "Campaigners succeed in bid to cut plastic bags", Lutterworth Observer, 2009.

If only the Government would take up some other Labour party ethics such as build more houses rather than heating up the housing market; put effort into getting NEETs into work or education instead of playing down the numbers of young people in this difficult position; keeping the NHS in the public sector where it belongs and providing economic stimulus for manufacturing to get more people into work.

Well at least our suggestion regarding plastic bags has been heeded - lets keep hoping!....

Elaine Carter

Youth unemployment update

I have posted as a separate page - click on the link on the right of the blog - Professor Sue Maguire's notes from her talk to the Branch last Tuesday.  As ever, enthralling and not a little terrifying. 

Status Zero Generation

Our speaker at Tuesday's branch meeting was Professor Sue Maguire, an expert in the field of youth unemployment. Sue's professional profile, research projects and publications can be found here. Sue kindly left her notes with me so that I could add them to the blog. You will find them under the new 'pages' sidebar on the righthand side of the page.

Sue's talk was brilliant, the discussion it sparked fascinating - but is there a more chilling phrase in the lexicon of Government-speak than Status Zero Generation?