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Modern Slavery Victims Are Missing Out On Housing Support, New Report Finds
Modern Slavery Victims Are Missing Out On Housing Support, New Report Finds
Home affairs
Some victims of modern slavery are not receiving the housing support they are entitled to because of gaps in what local councils provide, a new report has found.
Government Spent £80m Fighting Legal Challenges Against The Home Office Last Year
Home affairs
Government Spent £80m Fighting Legal Challenges Against The Home Office Last Year
Michael Gove Says Keir Starmer Could Go 'Further' Than Tories Ever Did On Justice Reform
Home affairs
Michael Gove Says Keir Starmer Could Go "Further" Than Tories Ever Did On Justice Reform
Home Office Spends Over Half A Billion Pounds On Temporary Staff In Two Years
Home affairs
Home Office Spends Over Half A Billion Pounds On Temporary Staff In Two Years
Keir Starmer Warns Autumn Budget Will Be 'Painful'
Economy
Keir Starmer Warns Autumn Budget Will Be "Painful"
Care Sector In 'Precarious' State As Figures Show Overseas Worker Visas Plummeting
Home affairs
Care Sector In "Precarious" State As Figures Show Overseas Worker Visas Plummeting
Government Reassures Football Clubs As It Considers Banning Orders
Home affairs
Government Reassures Football Clubs As It Considers Banning Orders
The House Live
We must learn the lessons from Brook House
Home affairs
By Olivia Blake MP
We must learn the lessons from Brook House
The UK’s construction industry: delivering a better and more sustainable future for all Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
The UK’s construction industry: delivering a better and more sustainable future for all
Not just housing: planning reform for construction’s supply chain Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Not just housing: planning reform for construction’s supply chain
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New Labour MP Living In London Student Accommodation For £80 Per Night
New Labour MP Living In London Student Accommodation For £80 Per Night
Political parties
Labour Insiders Fear Rule Changes Could Prevent Leadership Challenges
Labour Insiders Fear Rule Changes Could Prevent Leadership Challenges
Political parties
New Work And Pensions Committee Chair To Prioritise Impact Of Winter Fuel Payment Cut
New Work And Pensions Committee Chair To Prioritise Impact Of Winter Fuel Payment Cut
Social affairs
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Middlesbrough MP Says 'Rampant Inequality' Opened The Way For Violent Riots
Communities
Middlesbrough MP Says "Rampant Inequality" Opened The Way For Violent Riots
The Labour MP for Middlesbrough has said that a legacy of “rampant inequality” opened the way for “terrible behaviours and abuse” to take hold in Teesside.
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Priti Patel Is Quietly Becoming The Favourite For Next Tory Leader
Home affairs
Priti Patel Is Quietly Becoming The Favourite For Next Tory Leader
With many Conservatives now resigned to a fate of being ousted from office at the next election, a number of MPs seem to have diverted their energy to shoring up a future leadership bid in the inevitable event of Rishi Sunak standing down.
Home Affairs news
Fatherhood is a privilege, not a right
Home affairs
By Harriet Harman MP
Fatherhood is a privilege, not a right
Despite being firmly in a pre-election period, there’s still time for MPs to be making change.
Just Stop Oil: How far is too far?
Energy
By Harriet Symonds
Just Stop Oil: How far is too far?
Direct action groups like Just Stop Oil are increasingly targeting MPs and their homes. Harriet Symonds asks how far is too far?
London Luton Airport expansion will help Luton soar Partner content
Economy
By Luton Rising
Luton Rising
London Luton Airport expansion will help Luton soar
At a recent event with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nick Platts – Managing Director of Luton Rising – spoke in depth about the long-term environmental, economic and social vision of the expansion of London Luton Airport in front of 50 expert guests attending the Property, Construction and Infrastructure Networking Club.
London And Dublin Insist Rwanda Row Is A 'Storm In A Teacup'
Foreign affairs
London And Dublin Insist Rwanda Row Is A "Storm In A Teacup"
A row between the UK Government and the Republic of Ireland over illegal migration has been dismissed as being "blown out of proportion" by diplomatic sources on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Lords Diary: Lord Moylan
Communities
By Lord Moylan
Lords Diary: Lord Moylan
A wicked week of no rest in the Lords – with a whiff of Russian Revolution thrown in
Former Justice Secretary Doubts 'Pyjama Injunction' Will Block Rwanda Deportations
Home affairs
Former Justice Secretary Doubts "Pyjama Injunction" Will Block Rwanda Deportations
Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland believes it is “very unlikely” that European courts could use an injunction again to stop asylum seekers being deported from the UK to Rwanda now that the revised legislation has passed.
Tory MPs Criticise 'Flawed' Renters Reform Bill As Legislation Set To Sail Through Commons
Home affairs
Tory MPs Criticise "Flawed" Renters Reform Bill As Legislation Set To Sail Through Commons
A number of Tory MPs have criticised the Renters Reform Bill as deeply “flawed” but a large rebellion was not expected as the legislation was expected to sail through the Commons.
Rwanda Plan Set To Become Law After Parliamentary Battle
Home affairs
Rwanda Plan Set To Become Law After Parliamentary Battle
Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will become law, after the House of Lords dropped their final opposition.
'Devastating' Report Shows Thousands Of Children Under Six Being Sexually Abused Online
Home affairs
"Devastating" Report Shows Thousands Of Children Under Six Being Sexually Abused Online
The Security Minister and the Internet Watch Foundation have urged technology firms to take "urgent action", as a "devastating" new report shows the extent of online sexual abuse and grooming being carried out against children under the age of six.
MPs And Peers Brace To Sit Until Early Hours With Rwanda Bill
Home affairs
MPs And Peers Brace To Sit Until Early Hours With Rwanda Bill
MPs and peers are bracing to potentially sit until the early hours, after the Prime Minister vowed that the Rwanda plans would be finalised “no ifs, no buts”.
After a year of war in Sudan, there are still no safe and legal routes to the UK
Foreign affairs
By Nick Beales
After a year of war in Sudan, there are still no safe and legal routes to the UK
The situation in Sudan, a year after the conflict erupted, is dire. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly eight million people have been displaced, whilst the United Nations characterise the situation as the "world's worst hunger crisis".
Deportation Flights To Rwanda Set To Take Off In July
Home affairs
Deportation Flights To Rwanda Set To Take Off In July
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the first flights deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10-12 weeks, failing to meet the government's initial target for flights taking off in the spring.
Partner content
Home affairs
By National Federation of Builders
The Government must act to immediately help hauliers
Police forces across England are increasing working with councils to set times that abnormal loads can or cannot travel on the UK’s roads and the impact is increasingly making construction more expensive, logistically complex or practicably impossible.
Prime Minister Says Middle East Conflict Escalation Benefits No One After Israel Strike On Iran
Foreign affairs
Prime Minister Says Middle East Conflict Escalation Benefits No One After Israel Strike On Iran
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was "not in anyone's interest" to see an escalation in the conflict in the Middle East after Israel fired retaliatory strikes against Iran on Friday morning.
Lords Holding Firm On Rwanda Bill Dampens No.10 Hopes Of Spring Deportations
Home affairs
Lords Holding Firm On Rwanda Bill Dampens No.10 Hopes Of Spring Deportations
Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will not become law until next week at the earliest, after the House of Lords held out and continued to change the bill on Wednesday night.
MPs Clash With Foreign Office Over Calls To Proscribe IRGC
Foreign affairs
MPs Clash With Foreign Office Over Calls To Proscribe IRGC
Renewed calls from MPs across the political divide for Government to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) after Israel was attacked by Iranian missiles have been met with resistance from the Foreign Office, which has continued to prioritise a sanctions regime.
Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Home affairs
By Nickie Aiken
Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Repealing and replacing the Vagrancy Act with the proposed Criminal Justice Bill will further demonise and criminalise those sleeping rough, simply for the ‘major’ of crime of being “smelly”.
Police To Investigate Angela Rayner Over Residency Declaration
Home affairs
Police To Investigate Angela Rayner Over Residency Declaration
Greater Manchester Police have launched on investigation into whether deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner broke electoral law with incorrect information about her living arrangements.

Rwanda Bill Set For Final Wrangling After Latest Government Defeats
Home affairs
Rwanda Bill Set For Final Wrangling After Latest Government Defeats
The government's Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will return to parliament next week, where MPs and peers will undertake what looks likely to be the final round of wrangling over Rishi Sunak's contentious plans to deport asylum seekers to the east African country.
Crime Bill Could Give Police Chiefs Power To Automatically Dismiss Officers
Home affairs
Crime Bill Could Give Police Chiefs Power To Automatically Dismiss Officers
Police officers could have to hand over their phones if suspected of gross misconduct, and be automatically dismissed if convicted of a serious offence if changes to the government’s Criminal Justice Bill proposed by Labour MP Harriet Harman are accepted.
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Mais lecture hits the nail on the head for construction. Partner content
Communities
By National Federation of Builders
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Mais lecture hits the nail on the head for construction.
Despite being the Conservative government’s strongest ally in their motivation to level up and enable growth, the construction industry has been plagued by political, policy, and taxation insecurity by a government which too often viewed stability as holding power.
Government Has Scaled Back The Renters' Reform Bill
Home affairs
Government Has Scaled Back The Renters' Reform Bill
Ministers have delayed their own plans to ban no-fault evictions, as the landmark Renters' Reform Bill has been watered down.
Ministers Met Landlords Twice As Often As Tenants’ Groups Over Renters’ Reform Bill
Home affairs
Ministers Met Landlords Twice As Often As Tenants’ Groups Over Renters’ Reform Bill
Ministers met with lobbyists for landlords and estate agents twice as often as they did groups representing renters as they worked to refine new protections for tenants in the landmark Renters Reform Bill, according to analysis by PoliticsHome.
Government Confirms Two Cyber Attacks Linked to Chinese State Affiliated Actors
Foreign affairs
Government Confirms Two Cyber Attacks Linked to Chinese State Affiliated Actors
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has criticised "malign" cyber attacks made by China-state affiliated actors, which he said had targeted UK institutions in two separate attacks.
EventsAll
Fringe events at the Labour Party Conference organised by Total Politics
2024
ACC, Liverpool
Fringe events at the Labour Party Conference organised by Total Politics
Fringe events at the Conservative Party Conference organised by Total Politics
2024
ICC, Birmingham
Fringe events at the Conservative Party Conference organised by Total Politics
The House Staffer Reception
2024
London
The House Staffer Reception
CSW Collaboration Conference
2025
London
CSW Collaboration Conference