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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
By Which?
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
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
Education
By Lord Blunkett and Sarah Smith MP
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
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
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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
Lib Dem Fury Over Treatment Of Senior MP By Party Leadership
Lib Dem Fury Over Treatment Of Senior MP By Party Leadership
Political parties
'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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We need national cohesion on Freeports to drive innovation and growth Partner content
Communities
By Atkins
We need national cohesion on Freeports to drive innovation and growth
It’s essential for government to encourage Freeports to move ahead at pace. But we also need a cohesive UK-wide plan so that Freeports complement rather than compete with each other, and we release their full potential.
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery  Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery 
Now is not the time for the UK to risk undermining its credibility on the global stage at the COP26 and G7 summits, by allowing a keystone green stimulus measure to fail.
Now is not the time for tax rises, says leading construction suppliers Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Now is not the time for tax rises, says leading construction suppliers
As the suppliers of the materials that construction and a host of other industries rely on, now is not the time to hit our members with tax hikes.  
Hospitality needs a helping hand to build back better
Economy
By Sally-Ann Hart MP
Hospitality needs a helping hand to build back better
Extending the VAT cut for another year will allow businesses to rebuild and help to keep the costs of staycations and our social reunions affordable for a hard-pressed public.
The Chancellor should use this opportunity to invest in the workers that have kept our country running during this pandemic
Economy
By Darren Jones MP
The Chancellor should use this opportunity to invest in the workers that have kept our country running during this pandemic
The Budget must not only to deal with the immediate priorities of the pandemic and put right the wrongs of the past year, but set out a vision for modern Britain.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Chartered Insurance Institute
IFSAPPG Member Update
Please find below the latest update from the Insurance & Financial Services All-Party Parliamentary Group.
What Tax Rises Are Most Likely To Be Announced In Rishi Sunak’s Budget?
Coronavirus
What Tax Rises Are Most Likely To Be Announced In Rishi Sunak’s Budget?
Rishi Sunak’s 3 March Budget is likely to include a range of Covid support measures, but tax rises could be needed to pay for it. PoliticsHome sets out what looks most likely to be included.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Betting and Gaming Council
BGC issues ‘5 point plan’ for more business support to ‘unlock the power of the high street and drive economic growth’ ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget
Industry standards body the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has urged the UK Betting and Gaming Council urges Chancellor to extend business rates relief.
The Budget must match any ‘surge’ in new project investment with the capability to deliver successfully Partner content
Economy
By Association for Project Management
The Budget must match any ‘surge’ in new project investment with the capability to deliver successfully
Investing in people, as well as material resources, is essential to successfully building back better, according to Association for Project Management (APM).
Society must adapt to support the important role of unpaid carers Partner content
Economy
By Vodafone UK
Society must adapt to support the important role of unpaid carers
The Government and employers need to collaborate to ensure that unpaid carers, including parents, are able to continue working if they wish.
The crisis that brought out the best in IKEA Partner content
Coronavirus
By IKEA
The crisis that brought out the best in IKEA
“Home” is what IKEA does. So with a nation staying at home for most of 2020, the furniture icon found itself in a unique position to help – and what it achieved is truly remarkable.
The much-delayed Employment Bill must make fast fashion brands liable for exploitation in their supply chains
Economy
By Claudia Webbe MP
The much-delayed Employment Bill must make fast fashion brands liable for exploitation in their supply chains
Covid-19 is a serious workplace risk; with women in the garment industry among the hardest hit. The government must ensure adequate standards are in place to protect workers.
Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Will Get An Extra £1.65bn Boost To Help Meet The July 31st Target
Coronavirus
Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Will Get An Extra £1.65bn Boost To Help Meet The July 31st Target
The government plans to put an additional £1.65bn into the UK's vaccine rollout in an effort to offer coronavirus jabs to all adults nationwide by the end of July.
Labour Accuses DEFRA Of 'Severe Negligence' Over Post-Brexit Shellfish Export Ban
Environment
Labour Accuses DEFRA Of "Severe Negligence" Over Post-Brexit Shellfish Export Ban
Exclusive: The government is being told to urgently explain its handling of post-Brexit arrangements for shellfish exporters amid a growing number of questions over its claim that the European Union changed its position.
Rishi Sunak Denies Using Post-Covid Tax Rises To Help The Conservatives Win The Next General Election
Coronavirus
Rishi Sunak Denies Using Post-Covid Tax Rises To Help The Conservatives Win The Next General Election
Rishi Sunak has been accused of plotting to use tax rises as a way of putting the Conservatives in a stronger position to win the next general election as the Chancellor prepares to unveil his Budget on Wednesday.
Post-Brexit Delays To Wine, Cheese And Veg Risk Hampering The Reopening Of Hospitality
Brexit
Post-Brexit Delays To Wine, Cheese And Veg Risk Hampering The Reopening Of Hospitality
The government's plan to introduce checks on food and drink from the European Union this summer risks hampering the re-opening of pubs and restaurants, industry bodies have warned.
Labour And Tory MPs Unite In Budget Row Over Rishi Sunak's Tax Rises
Coronavirus
Labour And Tory MPs Unite In Budget Row Over Rishi Sunak's Tax Rises
Reports Rishi Sunak is planning on raising taxes in the Budget have united Labour’s leadership with Tory backbenchers who oppose it, creating a potential headache for the government.
Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing Partner content
Coronavirus
By Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing
We need to harness the energy of British science for the task of rebuilding our economy. Bringing capital expenditure into R&D tax credits is a simple, rapidly self-financing way to kick-start growth.
Rishi Sunak Urged To Slash Beer Duty In Budget To Save Pubs Hit By Pandemic
Coronavirus
Rishi Sunak Urged To Slash Beer Duty In Budget To Save Pubs Hit By Pandemic
The Chancellor is facing pressure to cut beer duty in next week's budget after 68 Tory MPs said pubs had been hit harder than any other sector during lockdown.
Alcohol reform could herald spirited future for Global Britain
Economy
By Douglas Ross MP
Alcohol reform could herald spirited future for Global Britain
Alcohol reform should focus on the tax burden on UK spirits and the competitive disadvantage the industry faces in the budget next week.
Fashion Icon Katharine Hamnett Pauses EU Sales Due To 'Catastrophic' Post-Brexit Paperwork
Culture
Fashion Icon Katharine Hamnett Pauses EU Sales Due To "Catastrophic" Post-Brexit Paperwork
Exclusive: Designer Katharine Hamnett has warned that UK fashion businesses are already closing as a result of post-Brexit paperwork, and that she herself has been forced to pause sales to the bloc.
With jobs and livelihoods hanging by a thread, there is no logic in preventing outdoor hospitality from re-opening until April
Economy
By Emma Lewell MP
With jobs and livelihoods hanging by a thread, there is no logic in preventing outdoor hospitality from re-opening until April
The government have always claimed they are being ‘led by the science’ but when it comes to the hospitality industry, this has simply not been the case.
New Figures Show Almost 5 Million People On Furlough During January
Coronavirus
New Figures Show Almost 5 Million People On Furlough During January
The number of workers on furlough reached almost 5 million during January after the national lockdown forced thousands of businesses to shut.
The Chancellor must make the Universal Credit uplift permanent
Economy
By Diana Johnson MP
The Chancellor must make the Universal Credit uplift permanent
It would be economically irresponsible to take money away from people right now. The government must support people for as long as they need it.