Journalist and commentator specialising in political and social affairs for the Guardian and the New Statesman. Also published in the Financial Times, the Independent, the Economist, Community Care, the New Internationalist and the Times. Also a panelist on the BBC's Sunday Politics and a regular commentator for Sky News and BBC TV and radio. She is the author of the new book on Blue Labour, Tangled Up in Blue. With an interest in youth affairs, she also works with youth charities Headliners and Envision, a volunteer for Crisis, a trustee for Blackfriars Settlement and a councillor for the Lane ward in Peckham, Southwark.Specialties: Features and comment on political and social affairs, public speaking, debate and community organising.