Monthly Archives: June 2023

Good Grift Watch: Update #1 (June 2023)

Posted on June 30, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Welcome to the first monthly Good Grift Watch Update, promised when I launched Good Grift Watch on this blog earlier this month, and funded – in my dreams! – by my very own crowdfunder. This update covers 1-30 June 2023. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdfunding | Tagged Good Law Project | 4 Comments

Policy in the lurch: parental leave reform

Posted on June 16, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Earlier this week on this blog, I noted the traditional attempts by policy wonks to exploit the commercial confection that is Father’s Day to call for reform of statutory paternity leave, including a new joint report by the think tank … Continue reading →

New: the Good Grift Watch

Posted on June 14, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Since early 2022, I have used this blog to question the propriety and indeed the morality of the increasingly common practice of grifting large sums of money from understandably outraged but often ill-informed members of the public to pursue sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdfunding | Tagged Good Law Project, Louise Raw | 7 Comments

Dad dancing: reform of parental leave

Posted on June 12, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Father’s Day is approaching, so naturally paternity leave is back in the news – or, at least, back in the Independent newspaper – thanks to a “damning” new TUC survey finding that “the low level of statutory paternity pay stops … Continue reading →