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Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Economy
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has referred herself to the independent ethics adviser after admitting to not paying enough stamp duty on her seaside flat.
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Suspends Family Reunion Applications For Asylum Seekers
Home affairs
Home Office Suspends Family Reunion Applications For Asylum Seekers
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Minister Says Nigel Farage's Pledge To Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement Is 'Unrealistic And Irresponsible'
Foreign affairs
Minister Says Nigel Farage's Pledge To Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement Is "Unrealistic And Irresponsible"
Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Foreign affairs
Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Home affairs
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Opinion
An effective immigration system needs effective access to justice
Home affairs
By Lord Bach
An effective immigration system needs effective access to justice
The cyber security bill must go further to truly protect the UK economy
Home affairs
By Lord Harris of Haringey and Baroness Neville-Jones
The cyber security bill must go further to truly protect the UK economy
Let's train more people in life-saving skills
Communities
By John Cooper and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MPs
Let's train more people in life-saving skills
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Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Political parties
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
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Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'
Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new review, which comes with a warning for ministers
HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'
Speaking to Sienna Rodgers, HM chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor details the many failures he has seen across the prison estate, including the ‘existential risk’ presented by phones, drugs and weapons entering via drones
Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate
Unable to innovate or even buy basic materials, and struggling to keep staff while operating antiquated systems, prison governors are trapped in a failing system, reports Tali Fraser
Home Affairs news
Rattled Tories Briefed On Research Showing Farage Could Split Right Wing Vote
Brexit
Rattled Tories Briefed On Research Showing Farage Could Split Right Wing Vote
Exclusive: Conservative MPs have this week been left feeling unnerved by research showing that a possible return of Nigel Farage to the forefront of politics would do significant damage to their chances of winning the next general election.
Policing Bill must be amended to protect the right to protest and end slippery slope towards authoritarianism
Home affairs
By Baroness Altmann
Policing Bill must be amended to protect the right to protest and end slippery slope towards authoritarianism
Before Christmas, under the cover of darkness, men in masks dismantled one of the last remaining monuments reminding a nation of a heinous crime committed by their own government.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a missed opportunity to help women and girls
Home affairs
By Sarah Jones MP
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a missed opportunity to help women and girls
Online Safety Bill must strengthen child protection after record surge of online child sexual abuse in 2021
Culture
By Sarah Champion MP
Online Safety Bill must strengthen child protection after record surge of online child sexual abuse in 2021
Discussions about the Online Safety Bill have often been dominated by debates about freedom of speech, online anonymity, or abuse of public figures. These are all important topics to be discussed ahead of regulations, but the most pressing issue which this Bill needs to tackle is online child sexual abuse.
Has Labour Finally Hit On A Winning Formula With Starmer’s New Top Team?
Home affairs
Has Labour Finally Hit On A Winning Formula With Starmer’s New Top Team?
Six weeks on from Keir Starmer’s “moderates and media performers” shadow cabinet reshuffle, where loyalists were replaced with better known faces, has the Labour leader finally hit on a winning formula?
Hillsborough Law will level the scales of justice and ensure honesty in public inquiries
Home affairs
By Steve Rotheram
Hillsborough Law will level the scales of justice and ensure honesty in public inquiries
The story of Anne Williams – and of the Hillsborough families - is a classic tale of David vs. Goliath. Earlier this month, millions across the country were captivated by the dramatisation of Anne’s story as she set about uncovering the truth surrounding the death of her son Kevin in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
The Troubles Legacy Bill Is Delayed Again And May Not Become Law Until Summer
Defence
The Troubles Legacy Bill Is Delayed Again And May Not Become Law Until Summer
Exclusive: A contentious bill which deals with Troubles legacy cases faces not being put into law until the summer, as the government is still ironing out the final details of the legislation.
Minette Batters Interview: The Farming Industry Has Been Ignored Over Post-Brexit Trade Deals
Environment
By John Johnston
Minette Batters Interview: The Farming Industry Has Been Ignored Over Post-Brexit Trade Deals
From driving a tractor to driving government policy, NFU chief Minette Batters talks about the many challenges facing farming.
The jury had a number of clear routes to acquitting the Colston Four, to cast them as a latter-day Penn and Mead is wrong
Home affairs
By Matthew Scott
The jury had a number of clear routes to acquitting the Colston Four, to cast them as a latter-day Penn and Mead is wrong
People appear to have been variously outraged and delighted by the not guilty verdicts on the demonstrators who admitted pulling down the statue of Sir Edward Colston and rolling it into Bristol Harbour.
Government Accused Of 'Blind Optimism' Over Post-Brexit Farming Plans
Environment
Government Accused Of "Blind Optimism" Over Post-Brexit Farming Plans
Defra's post-Brexit payment plan for farmers is based on “blind optimism” and the lack of information is "concerning", according to a powerful committee of MPs.
Child protection must be a national priority in 2022
Home affairs
By Sir Peter Wanless
Child protection must be a national priority in 2022
As MPs and Peers return to Parliament, we are urging the government to make 2022 the year child protection becomes a national priority.
‘Pay up or pack up’ is a shameful way to treat our overseas veterans
Home affairs
By Dan Jarvis MP
‘Pay up or pack up’ is a shameful way to treat our overseas veterans
Pay up or pack up. That’s the shameful choice the government gives our foreign and Commonwealth-born service personnel if they want to make a home in the country for which they risked their lives.
Low Dose Covid Vaccine Should Be Offered To Vulnerable Primary School Age Children
Coronavirus
Low Dose Covid Vaccine Should Be Offered To Vulnerable Primary School Age Children
A lower dose Covid vaccine has been approved for use in vulnerable children aged five to 11-years-old in the UK by drugs regulator the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Wales Will Re-Introduce Rule-Of-Six In New Covid Restrictions From Boxing Day
Coronavirus
Wales Will Re-Introduce Rule-Of-Six In New Covid Restrictions From Boxing Day
People living in Wales will have to abide by the rule-of-six and 2m social distancing rules in public places from Boxing Day according to a a suite of new restrictions announced by First Minister Mark Drakeford to try and slow the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid.
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home
In episode two of the brand new series of Engineering a Better World, from The House and The Institution of Engineering and Technology, we speak to Anthony Browne MP, Chair of the Environment APPG, Rick Hartwig and Stephanie Baxter.
Labour And Lib Dems Urged To Form Anti-Tory Alliance After By-Election Bombshell
Communities
Labour And Lib Dems Urged To Form Anti-Tory Alliance After By-Election Bombshell
Labour and the Liberal Democrats are facing calls to work more closely together at the next general election by those keen to oust the Conservatives, after the Lib Dems' shock victory in the North Shropshire by-election.
The Lib Dems Have Stunned The Tories With A Shock By-Election Win In North Shropshire
Communities
The Lib Dems Have Stunned The Tories With A Shock By-Election Win In North Shropshire
The Liberal Democrats have won the North Shropshire by-election from the Tories, after a tense battle for the seat in a campaign fraught with allegations of scandals involving Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Partner content
Home affairs
By Law Commission
Law Commission to review the trial process for sexual offences
The Law Commission has today [17 December 2021] launched a project to review how evidence is used in prosecutions of sexual offences, and to counter misconceptions about sexual harm (“rape myths”).
We need solutions that permanently address rough sleeping for everyone, including EU citizens
Economy
By Lucy Mort
We need solutions that permanently address rough sleeping for everyone, including EU citizens
The harsh impacts of Storm Arwen and the emergence of the Omicron variant foretell a potentially treacherous and bleak Winter for all of us, but especially for homeless people. New research showing that EU citizens are almost three times as likely to experience rough sleeping is therefore of deep concern.
Tories Warned North Shropshire Being 'Left Behind' On Levelling Up Cash Could Cost Them By-Election
Communities
Tories Warned North Shropshire Being "Left Behind" On Levelling Up Cash Could Cost Them By-Election
If the Tories lose North Shropshire in today’s by-election, it would be a sign the party’s focus on the “red wall” has been at the expense of its heartland vote, its political rivals have said.
Dame Diana Johnson Elected As New Home Affairs Select Committee Chair
Home affairs
Dame Diana Johnson Elected As New Home Affairs Select Committee Chair
Labour MP Diana Johnson has been elected as the new chair of the home affairs select committee, replacing Yvette Cooper who stood down to become shadow home secretary.
County lines exploitation developed in the last decade, we can end it in the next
Home affairs
By Lyn Brown MP
County lines exploitation developed in the last decade, we can end it in the next
Across Britain, children are being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs to sell drugs and create a small violent gang of enforcers to protect the turf of the dealing gang. The children are groomed, used and then disposed of having created profits for wealthy people they will never meet who live in luxury in gated homes.
Preventing the worst: analysis of the Prevent strategy review
Home affairs
By Laura Hutchinson, Head of UK Political Intelligence
Preventing the worst: analysis of the Prevent strategy review
The shocking footage of a taxi driver bolting from his cab seconds before it exploded in flames in a terror attack outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital last month has focused minds ahead of the release of an independent review of the government’s controversial Prevent anti-radicalisation strategy.
The UK must take the lead against online sexual exploitation of children
Culture
By Karen Bradley MP
The UK must take the lead against online sexual exploitation of children
When Joy (pseudonym) was 10 years old, a woman she knew and trusted invited her into her house. Once she was inside, Joy was surprised when the woman asked her to take off her clothes so that she could take pictures. While Joy was scared by this request, she felt she had no choice as she was already inside the woman’s house.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards