Frances o grady

Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment,...

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the...

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

I do know what it's like to worry about bills, I do know what it's like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them.

My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated...