James Butler

Government is proposing to extend the Modern Slavery Act to the public sector. Let’s help them make it easy to do by supporting the consultation.

The UK is on the same track as the US to become one of the most unequal nations on earth. It’s time for Food Justice.

As Leader of a Labour Council, I am determined to pursue an agenda which addresses the needs of Trafford residents…I’ve clarified the Community and Partnership’s portfolio holder’s responsibilities to include tackling food poverty so that we have a strong political and corporate focus on addressing this growing crisis

29% of the Government’s largest suppliers are not compliant with the Modern Slavery Act. Compliance is not a ‘nice to have’, it’s the law – and yet there is no penalty for noncompliance

“We need to accept social rights! Surely the British electorate can be mobilised by a right to social protection!” Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on the poverty and human rights at a public event in London in April 2019.

I have seen first-hand the difference our meals make when dropping into to meet some of the young people tucking into their bowl of spaghetti, or making their own chicken salad wraps, before they run off to play with their mates.