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18 Jun 2021 Home affairs

New measures to tackle police corruption must be properly funded

On 10 March 1987, a 37-year-old private detective named Daniel Morgan was found dead in the car park of a south London pub with an axe embedded in his head. No-one has ever been convicted of his murder, despite five separate investigations

03 Jun 2021 Coronavirus

Education recovery: curriculum catch-up is only one area of concern within the sector

The government has now launched part of its plan for education catch-up in England. Widely anticipated by the education sector, the scheme did not made the headlines education secretary Gavin Williamson would have been hoping for.

24 May 2021 Home affairs

The rape conviction review should concentrate as much on prevention as prosecution

Campaigners fear a long-delayed government review to address the persistently low level of rape convictions will focus too much on prosecutions and not enough on prevention. Laura Hutchinson reports

24 May 2021 Coronavirus

Great British Railways: mind the gap between reforms and costs

The government’s long-overdue strategy to improve the railways - dubbed Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – seeks to put the customer first with a mix of the best of public and private business models.

16 May 2021 Home affairs

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups fear new government measures could harm their nomadic way of life

Unless the UK government provides more legal campsites, its plans to toughen up crime legislation could pose an existential threat to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller way of life and breach their human rights, campaigners say.

13 May 2021 Political parties

Will the Greens become England’s third largest party?

Building on a solid performance in the local elections and higher salience of environmental issues, the Green Party is looking likely to play a bigger role in British politics by taking votes from Labour, the Conservatives and challenging the Liberal Democrats to become England’s third-largest party.

12 Apr 2021 Political parties

Starmer’s ‘Red Wall first’ strategy may cost Labour in the local elections

Recent polling suggests Keir Starmer’s strategy to win over Red Wall Conservative voters is not working, and that Labour could be heading for disappointing local election results as they lose voters on their left flank.

05 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

Covid may encourage calls for House of Commons to modernise

The pandemic has undoubtedly changed parliament, but will the institution revert to type post-Covid?

23 Feb 2021 Economy

The Bank of England must be bolder on monetary policies to halt climate change

The chancellor has golden opportunity to drive forward a green agenda in financial services and the markets

17 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

Will vaccine nationalism become the new normal?

Tensions with Europe over the supply of Covid jabs may no longer be grabbing the headlines, but vaccine nationalism is here to stay

08 Feb 2021 Brexit

The UK and EU must be honest about the consequences of Brexit in Northern Ireland

With the delicate Northern Ireland Protocol facing more than just “teething problems”, all parties must take responsibility for their part in negotiating and now upholding it

05 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

The government must tread carefully to ensure care home measures don’t breach human rights

With Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights warning against blanket bans on care home visits, discrimination against the elderly and disabled people is back on the agenda in lockdown

03 Feb 2021 Political parties

Could suburban England provide the answer to Labour’s electoral woes in 2024?

While much analysis of the next election focuses on what will happen in the “Red Wall”, there are another set of key marginal seats with different demographics that will be crucial to the outcome: formerly safe Conservative seats in suburban England.

29 Jan 2021 Environment

It’s time for the government to act on international forest destruction

The UK has announced a series of restorative tree-planting programmes at home, but we still play a large role in their destruction abroad

26 Jan 2021 Education

Treating students as consumers was always going to be a double-edged sword

Young people have had a raw deal during the pandemic, and the latest ‘rent strike’ is just one of the many ways in which Britain’s university students are demanding better value for money

18 Dec 2020 Environment

The Energy White Paper may not go far enough to reach climate targets

Published just after the release Climate Change Committee’s Sixth Carbon Budget, the long awaited Energy White Paper still leaves major gaps in decarbonisation ambitions

09 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

We’re learning the environmental lessons of fast fashion – it is time for government action

It is time to move from “take-make-dispose” to a circular economy in the fashion industry

04 Dec 2020 Brexit

Parliament must make sure it can properly scrutinise financial regulation post-Brexit

With the regulatory future of the UK's multibillion pound financial services industry still unclear post-Brexit, it is imperative that Parliament takes ownership of proper scrutiny

02 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

What lessons can we learn from Hull in managing Covid-19 as we leave lockdown?

Areas with high rates of insecure, low paid employment could continue to see higher rates of Covid unless the proper funding is put in place to support self-isolation and mass testing

19 Nov 2020 Brexit

With the rush for a deal on, the government should consider a Brexit implementation period so businesses aren’t left in the lurch

After a tumultuous year for business, if a trade deal with the EU is agreed, an implementation period may be needed to help both government and business adjust with minimum impact

14 Nov 2020 Foreign affairs

Can the Iran nuclear deal be saved?

The election of Joe Biden offers a glimmer of hope for the Iran nuclear deal, but the road to diplomacy will still be long and fraught

06 Nov 2020 Economy

Project Speed? The impact of the pandemic on the delayed National Infrastructure Strategy

With the much delayed National Infrastructure Strategy finally expected to be published later this year, all eyes are now on how it can help deliver on both net-zero targets and the 'levelling up' agenda after the pandemic

04 Nov 2020 Political parties

Recognition and reconciliation: the significance of Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party

After the explosive fallout from the EHRC's report into antisemitism in Labour, where does the party now sit within conversations on race and ethnic disparities?

30 Oct 2020 Brexit

What could a Biden presidency mean for a US-UK trade deal?

With the US election only days away, attention in Westminster has turned to look across the Atlantic, and what the result could mean for trade, Brexit, and the Good Friday Agreement

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