In My View
Below are a selection of articles by Helen on a number of issues ranging from childhood to the civil service and public service reform:
You can also read Helen’s ministerial and constituency speeches by clicking here
● We must learn history’s lessons
Article on the importance of combatting the far right. Northern Echo, 29/10/08
● Action Against Global Poverty
Speech to Make Poverty History North East seminar to celebrate UN World Poverty Day, 17/10/2008
● Increasing women’s involvement in the political process
Speech to The Hansard Society, 14/10/08, and artcile on the Guardian’s comment website, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/19/labour-conservatives
● Executive Responsibility: Does the Government dominate Parliament
Article for House Magazine on the power relationship between Government and Parliament, 03/10/08
● On Liberty
Article for Prospect, July 2008
● Northern Discomfort
Article for Tribune and Compass, May 2008
● A bright future for Co. Durham’s economy. Article for the Northern Echo, April 2008
● Whitehall and the Civil Service
Article for ‘Towards a New Constitutional Settlement’, published by The Smith Institute, 08/05/07
● The NHS - Where do we go from here?
Article for Compass, 05/02/07
● 10 Questions for Number 10
Article outlining the ten biggest questions facing Britain today, 19/09/06
● The Power of Play
Article for Parliamentary Monitor, 22/05/06
● Developing the Rural Economy
Article in the The Teesdale Mercury, 07/03/06
● Choice and Voice
Article for Renewal about the role of choice in public services, 24/11/05
● Courting Systemic Failure
Article for The Guardian about public service delivery, 05/10/05
● Children and Childhood: Perceptions and Realities
Article in Political Quarterly, 2001.
