Catch 21′s Julian Mintert went to talk to Bridget Prentice the parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice about the Youth Citizenship Commission. To discuss the issue of youth engagement further visit Debatewise.
In the wake of the annual LGBT festival Pride London and the news that India had decriminalized gay sex, Catch21 decided to talk to Tris Reid-Smith, the editor of Pink Paper, about the gay rights movement today. To carry on the debate visit Debatewise
This week, the Labour government announced a series of new policies for housing, educationa nd young people. Emer Harrington went to talk to prospective Labour parliamentary candidate, Rushanara Ali to find out more about these policies. For more go to http://www.catch21.co.uk
The 15th-21st June is Refugee Week, when the lives and the contributions that refugees have made to British society are celebrated. We at Catch21 wanted to find out more about this as well as the issues affecting refugees in the UK, so we went to talk to Hannah Ward from the Refugee Council. For more [...]
With the results of the European elections announced, Catch 21 takes a few minutes to look at the gains and losses and ask what the future is for Gordon Brown’s government.
Now that the dust is beginning to settle from the expenses scandal, what can we expect to happen next? Will young people look to take the places of MP’s that have stood down or are people sick of the traditional parties? We discussed all these issues and more with Norman Baker who has a history [...]
As all political parties set out plans to reform the political system, Catch 21 talks to Angie Bray, the Conservative party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Ealing Central and Acton, to hear her views on David Cameron’s plans for parliamentary change.
With the government’s latest plans for sex and relationship education for children as young a 7, Catch 21 talks to sex education and health experts Marie Stopes International about their views on the latest government plans.
This week, Catch 21 talks to Gina Baksa, of G B Coaching, about how young people can help themselves make the transition from Childhood to young adult.
With a growing debate on the relevance of faith schools in a modern Britain increasingly concerned with the problems of religious segregation, John Waters talks to Alison Ryan from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers about their recent campaign on the issue.
Obviously nobody knows exactly how that sentence should end, but the media is rife with speculation on it. Analysts, journalists and commenters are developing more or less elaborate scenarios to predict what would happen if Greece were to abandon the euro. Several prominent European leaders – from German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble to European [...]
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