by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 1, 2020 | Environment, Mary Sherwood, News, Traffic, What We Care About
“I’d love to see Gwydr Square in Uplands (where the Uplands Market takes place) turned into a pedestrian, no-traffic zone”, said an email I received from a resident in February this year, who had originally contacted me about general traffic concerns. If I had £1 for...
by uplandslabour | Sep 18, 2017 | Mary Sherwood, Personal Blogs, What We Care About
The Well-Being of Future Generations Act: Wales’s World-Leading Sustainability Legislation As joint Cabinet Member for Future Generations, Mary has responsibility for equalities, biodiversity, community engagement and other areas associated with this Act. The...
by uplandslabour | Sep 18, 2017 | Equality & Human Rights, Mary Sherwood, Personal Blogs, What We Care About
Research undertaken at different points in history has demonstrated that in the UK, poverty is not caused by fecklessness or poor housekeeping but policy failure. Benefit recipients have always faced abject poverty, humiliation and judgement as wealth is deliberately...
by uplandslabour | Sep 18, 2017 | Environment, Mary Sherwood, Personal Blogs, What We Care About
Many years I go I acquired a hilarious Excel spreadsheet which tells you your “Ideal Job” when you type in your name. Playing around with middle names and initials gets different results – my friend Roz Ward, “Office Numpty”, aggrandised herself to Rosalind...