Early Endorsements include: Burt Cohen,
former New Hampshire Senate majority
leader (reported by Seven Days on May 26, 2015) Emily Hague, at - large Keene City
Council member (announced June 6, 2015) Dudley Dudley, longtime Democratic activist; Executive Councilor in the 1970s (reported July 3, 2015) New Hampshire Postal Workers Union (announced Sept. 19, 2015) IBEW
Local 490 in Concord SEIU
Local 560 in Hanover (both announced Oct. 31, 2015)
Last week Tower Hamlets Labour group, myopic in their perpetual factionalism, joined forces with
local Tories to vote down the annual budget proposed by the
former Labour
council leader and now independent mayor Lutfur Rahman, who of course was removed as Labour candidate by the National Executive Committee in the run up to the 2010 mayoral election, despite having been selected by a majority of
local party members.
Nigel Richardson,
former Director of Children's Service, Leeds City
Council (Chair) Ben Ashcroft, Care experienced and Founder of Every Child Leaving Care Matters Cllr Judith Blake,
Leader, Leeds City
Council and Chair of Core Cities UK Matthew Brazier, Her Majesty's Inspector, Specialist Adviser (Looked After Children), Ofsted Nigel Brown, Chief Executive, Cafcass Cymru Beth Cape Cowens, Child Care lawyer and FRG Trustee Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive, Cafcass Angela Frazer - Wicks, Family Rights Group's Parents» Panel & Co-Chair of Your Family, Your Voice Alliance Andrew Gill, Chair, BASW (Representative to be confirmed) Dez Holmes, Director, Research in Practice Tony Hunter, Chief Executive, SCIE Ian Keating, Principal Policy Advisor Children and Young People,
Local Government Association Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England Kevin Makwikila, Member of Family Rights Group's Parents» Panel Lord Justice Andrew McFarlane, a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales Mel Meggs, Deputy Director of Children's Services, Rotherham MBC Alison Michalska, President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and Corporate Director of Children and Adults, Nottingham City
Council Alice Miles, Director of Strategy, Children's Commissioner for England Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division Alasdair Smith, Director of Children's Services, LB Southwark Rachael Wardell, Corporate Director of Communities with Responsibility for Children and Adult Services, West Berkshire
Council (and lead for ADCS on workforce development) Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the
Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board and
Leader of the LB Islington Sue Williams, Director of Family Safeguarding, Hertfordshire County
Council