Karl Macnaughton is 34, lives in Goscote in Walsall and works in IT at Birmingham City University. He has a BSc in environmental science from the University of Wolverhampton and an MA in environment, policy and society from the Open University. Karl is a member of Friends of the Earth and Amnesty International and is a Volunteer Ranger for Sustrans on National Cycle Route 5 between Pelsall and Walsall. He believes passionately in fairness and in January this year he took a pay-cut in order permanently to reduce his working week to four days so as to better serve the local community.