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Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: Brew Monday
Sixth Form Strikes in Sussex, Blue Monday becomes Brew Monday and a march on county hall in this weeks Monday mail
20 Jan 2025
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Alison's Monday Mail
The Grooming Gangs Inquiry
Last week in Westminster, in the news and online there has been a lot of conversation about the horrifying crimes of child sexual abuse, and how we as a country go about investigating, prosecuting and preventing these atrocities from taking place.
13 Jan 2025
Mid Sussex Times
Winter NHS Crises Are Predictable—Why Isn’t the Government Prepared?
This January - like most Januaries - there is a lot in the news about the ‘winter crisis’ in our hospitals. Indeed with rates of flu and other viruses soaring, last Friday our local hospital trust...
9 Jan 2025
Alison's Monday Mail
The Social Care Foxtrot
In recent years, I haven’t watched Strictly as avidly as I used to, but I have seen enough to know that the steps of a foxtrot are slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. It struck me last week that this is akin to how Labour have been approaching their reforms..
6 Jan 2025
Alison's Monday Mail
Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: Plans Change
Next week the Monday Mail will be enjoying a mince pie induced snooze, ready to return on Monday 6th January. One thing I have learnt about Parliament, is that you start the day having one plan, and by the end of it, something entirely different has...
23 Dec 2024
Alison's Monday Mail
Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: Is Love Enough?
On Tuesday I met Charlotte and Caitlin who are two of the young adult carers who wrote and perform the Christmas single ‘Love is Enough’. All funds raised from downloads and streams will go to the Carers Trust and Bath Philharmonia, so do consider...
15 Dec 2024
UK Lib Dem news
International Affairs
Trump and the Wider World
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
CM
by Calum Miller
15 Mar 2026
Children & Families
A digital world fit for the next generation
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
VC
15 Mar 2026
Defence
Britain’s nuclear deterrent depends on Trump. It’s time to change that
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.
ED
14 Mar 2026