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London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
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The body representing local authorities in London is urging MPs in the capital to push back against government proposals for funding reform, with a briefing note seen by PoliticsHome warning that they would mean "devastating" cuts to councils.
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Ministers Must Tackle 'Moral Failures' In Care Leavers System, Says Committee
Communities
Ministers Must Tackle "Moral Failures" In Care Leavers System, Says Committee
The international fightback against dangerous products sold online Partner content
Communities
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The international fightback against dangerous products sold online
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Labour Rebels Stand Firm As Government Tries To Sell Welfare Concessions
Communities
Labour Rebels Stand Firm As Government Tries To Sell Welfare Concessions
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review 'Isn't Going To Go Far Enough' For Policing
Communities
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing
Opinion
It’s time for our industry to be recognised for the contribution it makes to communities across the UK Partner content
Communities
By Bacta
It’s time for our industry to be recognised for the contribution it makes to communities across the UK
The government has taken a big step to protect leaseholders – but we cannot stop here
Communities
By Alistair Strathern MP
The government has taken a big step to protect leaseholders – but we cannot stop here
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
Communities
By Chris Coghlan MP
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
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One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
Political parties
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
Communities
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
By Robert Hutton
Political parties
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Looking For Growth's Lawrence Newport On Death Threats, Dominic Cummings And Defeating Blockers
Communities
Looking For Growth's Lawrence Newport On Death Threats, Dominic Cummings And Defeating Blockers
Bad boys of Brexit, move over: the good guys of growth are here. Sienna Rodgers talks to Looking For Growth co-founder Lawrence Newport who wants to ban planning delays just like he outlawed the XL Bully
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats
'A broken system': Diary of a London tenant
Communities
By Zoe Crowther
'A broken system': Diary of a London tenant
Professionally familiar with the levers of power, Zoë Crowther was nonetheless caught in an unfolding rental nightmare that she says reveals a deeply broken market. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
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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.
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
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.
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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
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UK Sport outlines plans for £352million investment in Olympic and Paralympic sport
UK Sport has today signalled its intent for the UK to become successful in a wider range of sports and build a high-performance sports community which reflects the diversity of British society.
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UK Sport will grant extra funding to help national governing bodies due to financial impact of COVID-19
UK Sport has confirmed it will grant another £438,000 worth of extra funding to help national governing bodies struggling because of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK Sport & EIS outline ambition to make coaching UK’s competitive advantage
UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have come together to produce a paper as part of a joint ambition to develop coaching as the UK’s competitive advantage.
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