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Minister Warns Soldiers Driving Ambulances Isn't A Long Term Solution To Health Service Backlog

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart has said that soldiers cannot be expected to continue driving ambulances as a long-term solution to intense pressure on the health service in Wales.

18 Oct Home affairs

“It was practically impossible not to get on with David” - Paula Sherriff pays tribute to Sir David Amess

18 Oct Home affairs

Dominic Raab Supports Removing Online Anonymity To Tackle "Out Of Control" Abuse Of MPs

17 Oct Home affairs

Priti Patel Suggests MPs Could Be Given Police Protection At Constituency Meetings Following David Amess Death

13 Oct Brexit

Downing Street Denies It Planned To "Suck It Up" And Ditch Northern Ireland Protocol Later

13 Oct Foreign affairs

Afghan Woman Who Fled The Taliban Has Accused Government Of Abandoning Those Left Behind

13 Oct Brexit

EU Wants To Ditch Most Northern Ireland Checks In Bid To Break Protocol Deadlock

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"A man who always had a kind word" - Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden pays tribute to Sir David Amess

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The Police Bill will trap people in a cycle of eviction and criminalisation – it must be changed

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20 Oct Health

It's time to speak up on assisted dying

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16 Sep Home affairs

Unionism And Young People: In Conversation With Arlene Foster, Douglas Ross And Ian Murray

How invested are the youth of Northern Ireland and Scotland in upholding their nation’s place in the UK? Former Northern Irish First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, and shadow secretary of state for Scotland Ian Murray discuss how pro-union politicians must up their game to win the hearts and minds of young people.

14 Sep Home affairs

We must prohibit non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) from being routinely used to conceal abuse in the workplace

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were designed to protect trade secrets like intellectual property, but over time they’ve been weaponised to silence employees too.

11 Sep Brexit

Government Is Refusing To Budge On Labour Shortages But The Worst Chaos Is Yet To Come

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has intervened in the debate on Britain's chronic labour shortages with a stark warning: they could last another two years without urgent government action.

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Terror bill 'threatens access to justice'

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12 Jan 2015 Home affairs

Terror bill 'threatens access to justice'

Counter-terrorism legislation currently before parliament is a threat to the independence of the courts, according to The Law Society.

12 Dec 2014 Home affairs

Hilary Benn MP and Sadiq Khan MP: We need to give English MPs a greater say over English laws

Hilary Benn and Sadiq Khan back proposals to allow English MPs exclusive rights to scrutinise and amend legislation applying only to England.

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01 Dec 2014 Home affairs

Reforming Safety - Electrical Safety First comments on the Tenancy Reform Bill

Commenting on the Tenancy (Reform) Bill which despite Government and cross-party support has failed to get through to its next reading - Philip Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First, commented:

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27 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Reforming safety - seeking support for the Tenancy Reform Bill

Electrical Safety First is calling on MPs to support the Tenancy Reform Bill - due to be debated in the House of Commons this Friday - which aims to prevent retaliatory evictions by landlords to tenants who have complained about poor or unsafe conditions in their rented homes.

Is Osborne serious about shared ownership?

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26 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Is Osborne serious about shared ownership?

The Autumn Statement next month is expected to have new announcements on house building. But how many of those new properties will be shared ownership?

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18 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First joins forces to make Scotland safer

Almost two thirds of all domestic fires in Scotland are caused by electricity, with electrical products the prime culprit. 1 Coupled with Scotland’s problem with fake and substandard goods – since 2010, Glasgow’s enforcement agencies, for example, have seized almost 10,000 fake electrical items, more than any other UK Local Authority2 – product safety has become an increasing concern.

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13 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Consumer awareness key to recall success

Consumers underestimating risks posed by recalled products is a significant factor in low recall rates for electrical products –– despite 4 million household appliances being recalled by manufacturers in the past 4 years - according to new research just announced by the charity Electrical Safety First.

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14 Oct 2014 Home affairs

Squaring the circle - Electrical Safety First's roundtable

Electrical Safety First’s recent roundtable on product safety, recalls and traceability, attracted a distinguished audience, comprising representatives from leading manufacturers, retailers and trade and enforcement agencies.

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19 Aug 2014 Health

Poor advice increases electrical risk for gardeners

Electrical Safety First is calling on the manufacturers of electrically powered garden equipment, such as lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, to improve safety advice on packaging and instruction manuals - as research reveals they cause thousands of injuries a year.

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11 Jul 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First wins major video award

Electrical Safety First’s Beauty Burns campaign hit the spot at the CorpComms Digi Awards, taking away the prize for the Best Use of Video. The awards, which recognise the innovative use of digital media in communication programmes, took place in London on July 10th.

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10 Jul 2014 Home affairs

Ministers warned over “rushed” data law

MPs must properly debate and examine proposed new emergency legislation, cyber-security experts have warned.

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30 Jun 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First supports APPG Report on the private rented sector

Commenting on the new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector, Phil Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First said:

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04 Jun 2014 Home affairs

A mad dash for infrastructure will cost the countryside dearly

Following the Queens speech today (Wednesday), the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) warns of increasing threats to the countryside.

28 Nov 2013 Foreign affairs

Time for EU to restrict free movement

Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the Home Secretary welcomes new immigration figures and sets out Government plans to do all it can to discourage immigration from the EU.

Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

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03 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

Calor and National Energy Action hosted a fringe meeting at Conservative conference on rural fuel poverty. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) and 3 MPs including the former Energy Minister were on the panel.

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

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02 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Government has ‘absolute commitment’ to the offshore wind industry, Laura Sandys MP has said in a Conservative conference fringe meeting.

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17 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Powering sustainable growth: Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Dods Renewable Energy Dialogue hosted an event at Lib Dem conference. Speakers included Energy Secretary Ed Davey MP, Rebecca Taylor MEP, and representatives from JDR Cables, RSA and Co-operative Energy.

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

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15 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

Ahead of Ed Davey’s party conference speech today, Richard Lloyd, Executive Director at Which?, says it’s time for the Energy Secretary to take more radical action to reform the energy market for hard-pressed consumers.