The Government must launch a crackdown on hand car washes around the UK amid evidence they play a major role in the scourge of modern slavery, MPs have said.

Brexit day is getting closer, and businesses are working to prepare. Richard Laming, Head of Public Affairs at Ferrero UK looks at what this could mean for the British love of chocolate. 

Sir David Natzler has stepped down as the Clerk of the House of Commons with a call for Parliament's bosses to acknowledge their failure to root out bullying and harassment.

In response to reports that Asia Bibi’s lawyer, Saif Ul Malook, has received death threats and been granted temporary asylum in the Netherlands, legal leaders in England and Wales have made the following statements.

Top Labour MP Jess Phillips has called for urgent action from ministers to protect female prisoners forced to give birth behind bars.

The Bank of Mum and Dad already provides billions of pounds of help to younger homebuyers.  A new report published today highlights how with the right support this role could grow, without jeopardising the long-term financial wellbeing of older generations.  

Those who attack police, paramedics, nurses and other blue light workers will face tougher sentences thanks to a new law which takes effect today.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

A new partnership has today been announced between the Bar Council and Health Assured to offer a new Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to the entire self-employed Bar.

A Government minister has defended housing tsar Roger Scruton amid calls that he be ousted from his new role over a string of controversial comments.

Theresa May has hit a fresh hurdle in the Brexit negotiations as individual EU states demanded the chance to scrutinise any deal reached with Britain.

John McDonnell has approached a prominent economist and former Tory peer about launching a review into the feasibility of a four-day working week, according to reports.

The Government announced this week (5th November) new rules which require landlords to spend up to £3,500 to improve rental properties with the lowest energy performance ratings.

The prospect that people may again be charged fees to use employment tribunals has been met with concern in the legal profession.

Confiscation laws will be reviewed to ensure they’re effectively depriving convicted offenders of their ill-gotten gains, the Law Commission has announced today.

Public confidence in the police has been "severely dented" after a wave of Government spending cuts, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

Labour MP Mark Hendrick says we need a housing policy to improve the housing stock throughout the UK so that we can ensure that all homes are made energy efficient

The Police Federation of England and Wales responds to Public Accounts Committee report: 'Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales'

Theresa May has reacted with fury to a "completely unacceptable" video of a model of Grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

In a new paper on Human Rights and Brexit (the latest addition to the Bar Council’s series of Brexit Papers), barristers have warned that the impact of Brexit on human rights will be profound.

Theresa May has led tributes to former head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood, who has died from cancer.

"In Wales we can only look in envy at the Republic of Ireland where growth is projected to be 8% - it is clear our economic wellbeing is being damaged shackled to a sinking Westminster ship," says Plaid Cymru's Treasury Spokesperson Jonathan Edwards MP.

A government-backed charity has come under fire after its chief executive pocketed a 50% pay rise.