{"id":1134,"date":"2026-04-16T09:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:20:32","slug":"house-of-lords-with-lord-kamall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/2026\/04\/16\/house-of-lords-with-lord-kamall\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Lords with Lord Kamall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:48% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-947x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-947x1024.jpeg 947w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-278x300.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-768x830.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-1421x1536.jpeg 1421w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_3344-1894x2048.jpeg 1894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">It was a privilege to meet with Lord Kamall, Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) this week, to discuss the findings of our book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Urban-Life-Delhi-Slums-Development-ebook\/dp\/B0FMTVHL9G\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4LWK0U277KB1&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gwfnZIK0uwtqVybyqdSV0g.KWWzJpSMrr7NtV5fV_-Xwy7DmQnhgav59jp5HutGXS4&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=urban+life+in+Delhi+slums&amp;qid=1776326601&amp;sprefix=urban+life+in+delhi+slums%2Caps%2C244&amp;sr=8-1\">Urban Life in Delhi Slums: Stories of Community Solutions and Resilience<\/a>&#8220;. The book sets out the empirical data gathered during our Rising Tide research project. Drawing on the extensive qualitative and quantitative data from the grassroots and providing voices to the residents and communities becoming part of their daily lives really brings the book to life. The book provides a detailed assessment of spaces and networks. It demonstrates the effect governance systems and institutional agreements have on enterprise, empowerment, resilience, trust, dignity and engaging in a life that has purpose and meaning. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:46% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-471x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1136 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-471x1024.png 471w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-768x1670.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-706x1536.png 706w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942-942x2048.png 942w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_5942.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">From left to right, Dr Steve Humble, Professor Pauline Dixon and Lord Kamall, PhD, Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care). The Great Hall, Houses of Parliament. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/Book-cover-Urban-Life-in-Delih-Slums-copy-677x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1137\" style=\"width:185px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/Book-cover-Urban-Life-in-Delih-Slums-copy-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/Book-cover-Urban-Life-in-Delih-Slums-copy-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/Book-cover-Urban-Life-in-Delih-Slums-copy-768x1161.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/files\/2026\/04\/Book-cover-Urban-Life-in-Delih-Slums-copy.png 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a privilege to meet with Lord Kamall, Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) this week, to discuss the findings of our book &#8220;Urban Life in Delhi Slums: Stories of Community Solutions and Resilience&#8220;. The book sets out the empirical data gathered during our Rising Tide research project. Drawing on the extensive qualitative and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/2026\/04\/16\/house-of-lords-with-lord-kamall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;House of Lords with Lord Kamall&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/empower-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}