Unaffordable Housing

ruly shocking graphic from the New Statesman above, showing the relationship between house prices and wage levels by area. It really brings home how unaffordable housing now is.

Dawn Butler Autobiography To Be Published by Penguin

I see that Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central, is publishing an autobiography on 24 August 2023. As someone who has known Dawn since she first went for the Labour nomination in 2005, I shall be interested in reading it.

Another Confirmation of the Value of Libraries

The Guardian once again confirms the wider social value of libraries, as evidenced in Transforming Brent Libraries.