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Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The "Modern Internet Age"
Communities
Labour MP Alex Ballinger has said that the government move to introduce a statutory levy on gambling is a “drop in the ocean” to tackle the harms caused by betting firms to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
Communities
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
The international fightback against dangerous products sold online Partner content
Communities
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The international fightback against dangerous products sold online
Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels
Economy
Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Health
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Economy
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Economy
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Opinion
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth Partner content
Education
By University of East London
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth
Politicians need the courage to reject silver bullets like a wealth tax
Economy
By Josh Simons MP
Politicians need the courage to reject silver bullets like a wealth tax
The welfare bill still forces people into poverty – we must remove the cuts entirely
Health
By Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
The welfare bill still forces people into poverty – we must remove the cuts entirely
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Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Parliament
UK Space Commander: 'Highly Likely' First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
UK Space Commander: "Highly Likely" First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
Defence
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
'Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined': MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
"Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined": MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
Health
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Political parties
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The "Modern Internet Age"
Communities
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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
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very disappointing’ approach to the creative industries
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
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Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
A-level Results: employers and academia must look beyond grades
As students across England and Scotland receive their A level, BTEC and Highers results, a leading engineers’ body is calling for employers and academia to be flexible in how they support students on the next stage of their learning.
Partner content
Economy
By Horticultural Trades Association
Impact of post-Brexit trade restrictions sees value of horticultural industry exports drop almost 40%
Increased costs and restrictions on the UK horticulture industry to export to the EU have seen a marked drop in the value of trade in the first six months of the year, demonstrating a missed opportunity for the sector to grow its contribution to UK ‘green trade’.
‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities Partner content
Environment
By Microsoft
‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities
The Prime Minister has begun to set out in earnest his plans for levelling up the UK. Not only does he want to bridge long-standing divides in economic performance between the regions, but also the great disparities there are regionally in healthy life expectancy.
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Coronavirus
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Exclusive: The government is facing growing pressure to relax the UK's immigration rules amid a lorry driver shortage that industry leaders warn will get worse in the coming weeks.
How advanced manufacturing can power the clean, green recovery Partner content
Economy
By High Value Manufacturing Catapult
How advanced manufacturing can power the clean, green recovery
Over the past ten years we have seen what UK manufacturing can achieve. With 2030 on the horizon, we must build on this momentum.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB responds to CITB Mental Health and Wellbeing report
Cutting universal credit uplift is emblematic of a failure to take child poverty seriously
Economy
By Baroness Lister
Cutting universal credit uplift is emblematic of a failure to take child poverty seriously
Despite protestations that reducing child poverty is a priority and despite all the talk of levelling up, there is no child poverty strategy worthy of the name.
Minister Warns Government Needs 'Sense Of Urgency' To Tackle Climate Change
Environment
Minister Warns Government Needs "Sense Of Urgency" To Tackle Climate Change
Kwasi Kwarteng has said steps to tackle climate change must be taken with a "sense of urgency" ahead of the publication of a landmark climate report.
The animal health industry: part of the development of the UK as a scientific superpower Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
The animal health industry: part of the development of the UK as a scientific superpower
Dawn Howard, NOAH Chief Executive, calls on the government to back the animal health and medicines industry as a core part of the UK’s fast-developing life sciences sector.
Government Urged To Relax Immigration Rules With Supply Chain Chaos Set To Worsen
Coronavirus
Government Urged To Relax Immigration Rules With Supply Chain Chaos Set To Worsen
Ministers are being urged to temporarily relax immigration rules for overseas lorry drivers and other supply chain workers amid industry warnings that the disruption causing empty supermarket shelves across the country is set to get worse this month and beyond. 
Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF issues key guidance for chemical importers
As the legislation continues to change following the UK’s exit from the European Union, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has issued key guidance for companies in the glass and glazing industry that import chemicals from the EU.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB publishes ‘managing temporary works’ technical information sheet
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published a new Technical Information Sheet entitled “Managing Temporary Works”.
Government Plans To Sign Off Australia Trade Deal At COP26
Environment
Government Plans To Sign Off Australia Trade Deal At COP26
Exclusive: The government is preparing to finalise its trade agreement with Australia in time for the COP26 climate change summit, when Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be in Britain to sign it, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF Relaunches Consumer Code for Home Improvement Companies
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce the launch of its revised Consumer Code of Practice for consumer facing companies.
Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF Collaborating on Net Zero Project
With net zero targets being high on the governments’ agenda, not just in the UK but worldwide, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce that it is working with British Glass to research the impact glass and glazing has in making buildings more energy efficient and carbon reducing.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
App connecting global building community launched by CIOB
We now have an unprecedented chance to benefit building societies – let’s seize the opportunity Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
We now have an unprecedented chance to benefit building societies – let’s seize the opportunity
Newly proposed measures take advantage of the Brexit freedom. It’s time for other decision makers to follow.
Whitehall Staff Are Scrambling For Treasury Cash With Green Spending Review On The Horizon
Economy
Whitehall Staff Are Scrambling For Treasury Cash With Green Spending Review On The Horizon
Whitehall staff are scrambling to bid for Treasury cash ahead of a Spending Review expected to be held this Autumn.
Blur Drummer Warns Post-Brexit Touring Costs Will Destroy Next Generation Of Bands
Culture
Blur Drummer Warns Post-Brexit Touring Costs Will Destroy Next Generation Of Bands
Exclusive: The next generation of Blurs will be "gone" unless the government secures new post-Brexit arrangements for the UK's musicians and other touring performers, a member of the iconic Britpop band has warned.
Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda
Economy
By Dame Clare Moriarty
Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda
Pushing benefit levels lower will hurt working families and take money out of local economies, not accelerate our recovery.
Online Platforms Are In An “Arms Race” With Scammers Against Harmful Content, Says Advertising Regulator
Economy
Online Platforms Are In An “Arms Race” With Scammers Against Harmful Content, Says Advertising Regulator
The chair of the UK’s independent advertising regulator has described how the body and the online platforms it oversees are in an “arms race” against “sophisticated” scammers.
Meeting Tomorrow’s Needs Today: how can we support sustainable living in later life? Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Meeting Tomorrow’s Needs Today: how can we support sustainable living in later life?
Addressing climate change is the biggest issue of our lifetimes. Since the first industrial revolution over 200 years ago, economic growth and the advances that have flowed from it have been almost entirely driven by fossil fuels.
Without trust and dialogue, Northern Ireland risks becoming a permanent casualty of Brexit
Brexit
By Lord Jay
Without trust and dialogue, Northern Ireland risks becoming a permanent casualty of Brexit
Public opinion in Northern Ireland on the Protocol is split down the middle, aggravating existing community tensions. Patience, dialogue, and most of all trust between the UK and EU is needed to find a solution.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Fantastic line-up of finalists for Construction Manager of the Year 2021
The shortlist for the CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards has been revealed - 77 of the UK’s best construction managers named.