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New Civil Service Jobs In Darlington And Leeds Announced In Budget Renews Calls For Transport Links
New Civil Service Jobs In Darlington And Leeds Announced In Budget Renews Calls For Transport Links
Communities
Politicians and leaders in the North of England have cautiously welcomed Rishi Sunak's announcement to relocate civil service work out of London but say it must be accompanied by transport investment.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street Says There's An 'Immediate' Threat To Jobs In Birmingham After It Was Put Tier 3
Coronavirus
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street Says There's An "Immediate" Threat To Jobs In Birmingham After It Was Put Tier 3
The Government Is Facing Fresh Calls To Introduce 'X' Gender Passports
Communities
The Government Is Facing Fresh Calls To Introduce 'X' Gender Passports
Local Football Clubs Say Their Communities Will Lose Much More Than Football If The Pandemic Kills Them Off
Coronavirus
Local Football Clubs Say Their Communities Will Lose Much More Than Football If The Pandemic Kills Them Off
A Parliamentary Report Has Found Black People's Human Rights Are Not Being Effectively Protected In The UK
Communities
A Parliamentary Report Has Found Black People's Human Rights Are Not Being Effectively Protected In The UK
Labour And Tory MPs Will Unite To Discuss The Government's Promises For The North, Amid A 'Crisis Of Faith'
Communities
Labour And Tory MPs Will Unite To Discuss The Government's Promises For The North, Amid A "Crisis Of Faith"
Here Are All The Problems With Boris Johnson's Covid Strategy - According To Local Government Leaders
Coronavirus
Here Are All The Problems With Boris Johnson's Covid Strategy - According To Local Government Leaders
The House Live
Delivering equitable funding for rural areas is critical to creating a fairer, stronger Britain Partner content
Communities
By Rural Services Network
Delivering equitable funding for rural areas is critical to creating a fairer, stronger Britain
Supporting families with healthy food through lockdown Partner content
Communities
By The National Lottery
Supporting families with healthy food through lockdown
The Vagrancy Act should be repealed and replaced with legislation that puts protection not criminality at its heart
Communities
By Nickie Aiken MP
The Vagrancy Act should be repealed and replaced with legislation that puts protection not criminality at its heart
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'Is the PM a feminist? You'd have to ask him': Amber Rudd in conversation with Caroline Nokes
'Is the PM a feminist? You'd have to ask him': Amber Rudd in conversation with Caroline Nokes
By The House Staff
Political parties
Sexist insults, abuse, death threats: expect all this and more as a female MP
Sexist insults, abuse, death threats: expect all this and more as a female MP
By Radhika Sanghani
Political parties
It's 2021: Have we finally reached the age of the realistic female character?
It's 2021: Have we finally reached the age of the realistic female character?
By Rebecca Reid
Culture
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Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness
With major changes on the horizon, Kate Proctor talks to those on the frontline who believe the pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle public health inequalities.
The cost of child poverty
Education
By Jack Monroe
The cost of child poverty
The government must repair the social safety net for the sake of the UK’s 4.1 million children growing up in poverty
Carolyn Harris: “I really get hurt when people can’t have the basics in life.'
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
Carolyn Harris: “I really get hurt when people can’t have the basics in life."
Food banks may take care of the bare necessities but at Christmas, people facing food poverty need more than just nutrition. That’s why Carolyn Harris is heading up a Christmas hamper campaign to give her Swansea constituents the festive feeling.
Communities news
Increased funding has provided an essential lifeline for those with eating disorders during the pandemic Partner content
Health
By The National Lottery
Increased funding has provided an essential lifeline for those with eating disorders during the pandemic
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery, this Eating Disorder Awareness Week Beat can continue to support those in need.
The public deserves a say on local issues after the pandemic, and the 2021 Census will help deliver it
Communities
By Chloe Smith MP
The public deserves a say on local issues after the pandemic, and the 2021 Census will help deliver it
The Census this March will help those in public office to make informed choices on behalf of their communities
The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises
Communities
By Sarah Jones MP
The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises
Government must do the right thing for the victims and survivors of Grenfell and their families, as well as ensuring leaseholders are not left to foot the bill of fire safety remediation costs.
Covid has exposed the cracks in our broken housing system
Communities
By Thangam Debbonaire MP
Covid has exposed the cracks in our broken housing system
Renters are at the sharp end of this crisis, with many spending lockdown in cramped accommodation and in insecure work. We must protect them from eviction loopholes and potentially falling into homelessness.
The Chancellor must help renters in the budget to prevent mass unemployment and homelessness
Communities
By Lord Bird
The Chancellor must help renters in the budget to prevent mass unemployment and homelessness
We need a targeted financial package to help renters pay off arrears built since the beginning of lockdown and a welfare system that gives them financial security to continue living in their homes.
On a mission: Supporting community food banks and cutting waste Partner content
Coronavirus
By The National Lottery
On a mission: Supporting community food banks and cutting waste
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery, Dom’s Food Mission is collecting hundreds of tonnes of food that would have been thrown away, enabling them to feed thousands of children a month.
It is kindness that underpins community across the UK
Coronavirus
By Douglas Chapman MP
It is kindness that underpins community across the UK
As we move forward, let's create a fairer society with kindness and equality at its core.
Cross-Party support is vital to refine legislative measures that will give protection from discrimination
Communities
By Lord Cashman
Cross-Party support is vital to refine legislative measures that will give protection from discrimination
Until recently the UK was a world leader in the defence of minorities and equality before the law. This LGBTQ+ history month, we must remember rights and freedoms are achieved across thousands of generations and must be guarded and protected.
Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders
Communities
By Royston Smith MP
Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders
It is not fair to ask leaseholders to keep pouring their money into a bottomless pit for being sold unsafe homes. The McPartland-Smith amendments to the Fire Safety Bill will bring an end to this nightmare.
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Health
By Angela Crawley MP
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Women have played a critical role in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic yet have borne the brunt of it – particularly women researchers and scientists who have helped in the different stages of creating vaccines.
We must urgently mobilise against Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
Coronavirus
By Kawsar Zaman
We must urgently mobilise against Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
From tackling disinformation to culturally sensitive messaging, we need a multi-faceted approach to boost the Covid-19 vaccine uptake in BAME communities
The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks
Communities
By Margaret Hodge MP
The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks
The money on offer is only a third of the £15 billion needed to make every home safe from fire and the exclusion of tower blocks below 18 metres from any support will saddle working families with long term debt.
Blanket advertising bans could have damaging economic consequences Partner content
Health
By Advertising Association
Blanket advertising bans could have damaging economic consequences
The pursuit of an aim to lower childhood obesity is something we all wish to see, but it will not be delivered by blanket bans on high fat, salt & sugar advertising, which could result in considerable and damaging economic consequences
The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings
Communities
By Hilary Benn MP
The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings
This is a story of monumental regulatory failure - of flats being built as cheaply as possible, in many cases without even complying with the building regulations.
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
Communities
By Darren Henry MP and Lilian Greenwood MP
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
In 2021, we want to see the government deliver a step change in its promise to ‘level up’, putting the Midlands at the heart of a green recovery.
Wales urgently needs levelling up – but can the Government overcome the challenges of devolution and delivery?
Communities
By Stephen Crabb MP
Wales urgently needs levelling up – but can the Government overcome the challenges of devolution and delivery?
Levelling up may be a relatively new phrase in our political lexicon but the aspirations it seeks to capture have been part of our politics for decades. It speaks to the challenge of achieving a fairer, more even spread of wealth creation across the nation.
Partner content
Communities
By UK Sport
UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport
Today officially marks the start of UK Sport’s new female coaches leadership programme with 27 coaches from 15 sports coming together as part of a plan to more than double representation in the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community by Paris 2024.
The local response to Covid should shape the government’s response to future crises
Coronavirus
By Dr Simon Kaye
The local response to Covid should shape the government’s response to future crises
The national response to Covid has been consistently off the mark. New relationships and networks working together at a local level were far better at keeping people safe.
Connecting communities and histories: capturing the proud heritage of Jewish social and economic contributions to the UK Partner content
Communities
By The National Lottery
Connecting communities and histories: capturing the proud heritage of Jewish social and economic contributions to the UK
Thanks to players of The National Lottery, £30 million is raised for Good Causes every week, funding projects like “Connecting Small Histories” and helping communities come together across the UK.
Be a light in the darkness: a new generation must stand up against atrocities
Communities
By Lord Pickles
Be a light in the darkness: a new generation must stand up against atrocities
With the turning of each year, the number of people who experienced the obscenity of the Holocaust diminishes. Gradually it is moving from living memory into the history books.
A pawfect partnership: How one dog provided an essential lifeline Partner content
Health
By The National Lottery
A pawfect partnership: How one dog provided an essential lifeline
Thanks to players of The National Lottery, over £30 million pounds is being raised for Good Causes every week, funding projects like Canine Partners and helping communities come together across the UK.
During stressful lockdowns, canine companions can have a positive impact on physical and mental health
Communities
By Neil Hudson MP
During stressful lockdowns, canine companions can have a positive impact on physical and mental health
Having a dog and looking after it responsibly can be such a benefit to both us and our canine friends.
Levelling Up: Can Barrow Boom Again?
Communities
By Adam Payne
Levelling Up: Can Barrow Boom Again?
Once dubbed England’s Chicago because its economy was growing so fast, few today would call Barrow-in-Furness ‘my kind of town’. Adam Payne asks whether the levelling up agenda can revive its fortunes.
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
The government’s flagship domestic agenda promises to spread wealth to ‘left-behind’ towns and improve the education and employment prospects of those living in them. But can No 10 move ‘levelling up’ from rhetoric to real life? Georgina Bailey uncovers the hopes, expectations and barriers to tackling regional inequality
EventsAll
2021
Online Conference
Building Regulations & Fire Safety: The Role & Scope of the New Regulator
BAME into Leadership Virtual
2021
Online
BAME into Leadership Virtual
Supporting Women at Work
2021
Online
Supporting Women at Work
The Social Media Conference
2021
Online
The Social Media Conference