Alice Hood's Articles

Standing together against this rise in prejudice

13 Jul 2016, By Alice Hood

Over 3,000 people reported hate crimes to the police in the weeks around the EU referendum. That’s an increase of nearly 60%. We can only assume that many more crimes went unreported. Racism in Britain had never gone away, but some seem to have decided to take the Leave vote as a validation of their…

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It’s a ‘Yes’!

14 Nov 2011, By Alice Hood

Today saw a slew of ballot results for action on public service pensions – with members saying a resounding ‘yes’. Those voting for industrial action today included physiotherapists, radiographers and chiropodists in the NHS and professional, specialist and senior civil servants.  It doesn’t quite fit the picture some in the media and government are trying to paint with talk…

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