Ben Cooper
Winning UK City of Culture can bring real benefits – we must ensure more communities can participate in its success
Reform is needed so that more communities can participate in its success.
Our private rented sector is broken and needs comprehensive reform
The private rented sector is fundamentally broken, trapping people in insecurity. It is one of the biggest challenges we face.
The government must invest in the early years if it wants to ‘level up’
'Without the required investment in services for under-5s and their families, inequalities will continue to open up from the start'
Whatever happened to the government’s Disability Champions?
'For disabled people, Britain is a country of many barriers. Our high streets, transport network, and housing system are inaccessible.'