My writing

This is a selection of my writing since my election in 1997.

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2008
Your guide to the law- the anti-social behaviour handbook   July
Southampton- a City of Combined Heat and Power   June
Speech to the Micropower Council   June
Progress: The next steps for a greener Britain   May
Energy efficiency begins at home!   April
10TH ANNUAL REPORT   March
Winning in the South   March
ASBOs- do they work?   February 20
Do we need nuclear?   January
2007
Do we need state funding for political parties?   December
The Local Transport Bill- getting Southampton moving   December 12
Winter Newsletter   December
Homes for all?   June 14
Summer newsletter   July 13
Whatever happened to the extended state?   April
Replacing Trident with Trident- is it really the best option?   March 26
9th Annual Report   February
2006
Policies for a low carbon economy   December 6
Improving bus services using a Passenger Transport Authority   November 23
Answering questions from 'A Rough Guide to Climate Change'   November 15
What should be in a new Climate Change Bill?   October 27
How to deal with anti-social behaviour   October
New Labour: Rebuilding the coalition   October
A nuclear cuckoo in the renewable nest?   September
New Portswood Health Centre   September
We won't need nuclear   July
The debt we owe to carers   June
Anti-politics and political parties: the case for state funding   June
Southampton, the South East and marine industries   April
Can we decarbonise our freight fleet?   April
Can renewable energy sources really close the energy gap?   March
What's in the Mix: The Future of Energy Policy   March
2005
Shaping the Education Bill- Reaching for Consensus   December
Landfill windfall   June
Small or atomic? Comparing the finances of nuclear and microgenerated electricity.   June
Get on the escalator   January
Putting land to work: the role of a land-swap levy   January
2004
Good food should not be wasted   September
Bioethanol as a fuel additive   June
What's wrong with local government?   May
Community rights, community responsibilities   January
Don't throw this article away February
2003  
We are a nation of debtors   December
Excellence, equity and access. Squaring the circle of Higher Education Funding   November
Energy - is it a bright future?   November
Fireworks - getting the balance right   November
Affordable housing - can we afford it?   August
Tuition fees - should we charge   August
Recycle this newspaper   25 July
Making the city move - the Solent tramsport summit   13 June
Sure Start for Southampton children   20 June
Does less landfill equal more incineration   26 June
Corporate killing - action at last.   22 May
The Euro and the jam jar test   15 April
Banking on baby bonds    
Planning the journey - the future of transport in Southampton   12 March
The Iraq situation    
Foxhunting - is it on the way to being banned?   29 January
The situation in Iraq   20 January
Food for all conference in Southampton   14 January
2002    
Statement on Iraq   24 September
Driven to distraction   31 May
Voting awareness for young people   31 May
Renewable energy - do we need it?   6 July
Allotments for today - article in Southern Evening Echo   12 July
Do we need state funding of political parties   6 July
Transport Summit Planned - article in Southern Evening Echo   20 Nov
The centralising impulse - interview in July edition of Red Pepper magazine   July
2001
Local Government takes the initiative    
2000
'Cleaning up the dogmas doings: Labour and the market' Article in Renewal, Volume 8, No 4,
   Autumn
Education and Social Capital   25 July
Regions and Labour Modernisation - Chapter in ‘Democratic Regions (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) ed. Max Nathan 2000    
Regional Development Agencies and Sustainability - Chapter in ‘The Democratic Region’ Local Government Information Unit  Ed. Jo Dungey 2000    
1999
Common Sense in the Great Homes Debate    
The Road to Trust   Autumn
Social housing Article for Town and Country Planning   Summer
British Ports Article for Transport Review -   Summer
Think and drive Article for Southern Evening Echo    
Missing Rungs – a discussion of Next Steps agencies Submission to Cabinet Office   1999
The Operation of the Landfill Tax Submission to Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions - published in Landfill tax report vol11    
The Euro debate Article for Southern Evening Echo -   June
     
1998
Giving life back to Local Government - Article for New Statesman -   Summer
What on earth is communitarianism? Article for radical Christian magazine    
Live and let rooms Southampton Institute Professorial Lecture -   December
From Regional Development to Regional Devolution - Chapter in "The Regional Dimension" -  Local Government Information Unit -    1998
Local Government one year into the Labour Government - Article for Local Government Chronicle    
1997
Tiers spheres and European Cities - Article for Chartist   Summer
Revolution  - what revolution? - Article for Local Government Chronicle    
Taxation, Representation and all that - Article for Local Government Chronicle    
New Labour, New Policy Making - Article for The House Magazine -   Autumn
New MPs and New Local Government - Article for Local Government Chronicle    
Local Government Electoral Reform - Article for Local Government Network magazine    
Where to build new homes - Article for Southern Evening Echo    
Best Value - Article for Local Government Chronicle    
 
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