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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review 'Isn't Going To Go Far Enough' For Policing
Communities
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home affairs
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Foreign affairs
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Communities
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Economy
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Opinion
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Home affairs
By Dan Jarvis MP
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures Partner content
Home affairs
By Women's Aid
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
Home affairs
By Luke Taylor MP
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
Political parties
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
Parliament
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
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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
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Policy@Manchester at Party Conference 2021 Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
Policy@Manchester at Party Conference 2021
Join Policy@Manchester at this year’s Labour and Conservative party conferences for an exciting programme of fringe events.
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Health
By Dignity in Dying
Voters in both Red Wall and Blue Wall united in support for assisted dying
The UK must ensure LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are prioritised for resettlement
Home affairs
By Kate Osborne MP
The UK must ensure LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees are prioritised for resettlement
Under the Taliban, simply being LGBTQI+ will mean extra-judicial executions and the death penalty. The UK must ensure the inclusion and safety of LGBTQI+ Afghans throughout their resettlement process.
We must protect vulnerable and pregnant migrant women wrongly charged for NHS maternity care
Health
By Ros Bragg
We must protect vulnerable and pregnant migrant women wrongly charged for NHS maternity care
Our advice lines are full of terrified women, scared to go to antenatal appointments in case they are charged, even if they should be exempt.
Unionism And Young People: In Conversation With Arlene Foster, Douglas Ross And Ian Murray
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
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.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Bar Council reaction to eighth Justice Secretary since 2010
The Bar Council have responded to today's government reshuffle.
Paralympics reminds us of the progress still needed to improve the lives of disabled people
Home affairs
By Wera Hobhouse MP
Paralympics reminds us of the progress still needed to improve the lives of disabled people
Far too many disabled people have felt overlooked at every step of the Covid response. Without government action, we risk going backwards on the progress we have made towards equality.
We must prohibit non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) from being routinely used to conceal abuse in the workplace
Home affairs
By Maria Miller MP
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.
Government Is Refusing To Budge On Labour Shortages But The Worst Chaos Is Yet To Come
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.
Downing Street Defends “Pushback” Tactics That Could See Migrant Boats Turned Around
Home affairs
Downing Street Defends “Pushback” Tactics That Could See Migrant Boats Turned Around
Number 10 has defended new proposals to stop migrants crossing the Channel to the UK saying it “is a long-standing problem that the public expect us to address”.
Less Than A Third Of The Public Think The Tories Are A Low Tax Party
Economy
By Kate Proctor
Less Than A Third Of The Public Think The Tories Are A Low Tax Party
Just one in three members of the public think the Conservatives are currently a party of low tax, revealing the potential scale of the battle ahead to regain their fiscal reputation.
Domestic vaccine passports are a counterproductive, illiberal gimmick – the government must think again
Coronavirus
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Domestic vaccine passports are a counterproductive, illiberal gimmick – the government must think again
Governments can always come up with reasons to chip away at individual liberty. Uniformity and conformity, after all, makes life easier for them.
Pension Triple Lock To Be Scrapped For One Year After Being “Skewed And Distorted' By Pandemic
Home affairs
Pension Triple Lock To Be Scrapped For One Year After Being “Skewed And Distorted" By Pandemic
The government has temporarily scrapped the average earnings element of its manifesto ‘triple lock’ pension pledge, claiming the figure had been “skewed and distorted” by the pandemic.
The Northern Ireland Grace Periods Will Be Extended Indefinitely
Brexit
The Northern Ireland Grace Periods Will Be Extended Indefinitely
The government has announced an open-ended extension to grace periods for trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, as talks with the European Union over finding long-term fixes continue.
BBC local news is vital – and never more than during a pandemic
Coronavirus
By Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC Director, Nations
BBC local news is vital – and never more than during a pandemic
The biggest show on TV isn’t what you might expect. Regional TV news doesn’t get talked about on Twitter as much as Love Island, but it beats it in terms of viewers. Good Morning Britain grabs headlines, at least it did before its best-known presenter left. But regional news is watched by far more people than GMB, with or without Piers Morgan.
Disgruntled Tory MPs Are Pitching Alternatives To National Insurance Rise To Fund Social Care
Health
Disgruntled Tory MPs Are Pitching Alternatives To National Insurance Rise To Fund Social Care
Alternatives to a National Insurance hike to pay for social care are being suggested by Tory backbenchers, who appear horrified by reports government is considering a manifesto-breaking tax increase.
Major City Mayors Say They Still Don't Know How Afghan Resettlement Scheme Will Work
Communities
Major City Mayors Say They Still Don't Know How Afghan Resettlement Scheme Will Work
Leaders of major UK cities have said that they are still waiting for detail from government on how resettling Afghan refugees in their areas will work.

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Environment
By NOAH
NOAH endorses new report to support pets in rented accommodation
NOAH is delighted to welcome and endorse the new Heads for Tails! report published today by Co-Founder of AdvoCATS, Jen Berazi. The report, endorsed by more than 30 charities, landlord groups, housing associations and more, outlines key policy recommendations that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) could take forward to make it easier for tenants to rent with pets in the UK.
The urgent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan highlights the deep flaws in our asylum system
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
The urgent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan highlights the deep flaws in our asylum system
Are we really still saying that unless a refugee is able to assemble and retain all their documents and make an ordered and planned journey, that they are not welcome here? Those requirements are unrealistic at best, at worst cruel.
Senior Tory Warns Voter ID Plans Lack Evidence To Justify 'Danger'
Home affairs
Senior Tory Warns Voter ID Plans Lack Evidence To Justify "Danger"
Exclusive: Former Cabinet minister David Davis has criticised the government’s “dangerous” voter ID plans, claiming there isn’t enough evidence of voter fraud to justify them.
Afghan Refugees “Have Done Right By Us, We Want To Do Right By Them” Says Minister In Charge Of UK’s Relocation Scheme
Foreign affairs
Afghan Refugees “Have Done Right By Us, We Want To Do Right By Them” Says Minister In Charge Of UK’s Relocation Scheme
Home Office minister Victoria Atkins, who is in charge of relocating Afghan refugees in the UK, says “they have done right by us, we want to do right by them” as she discussed details of the government’s ‘Operation Warm Welcome’.
Afghan crisis to add urgency to debate about fairness of Nationality and Borders Bill
Home affairs
By Alexandra Ming, Political Consultant
Afghan crisis to add urgency to debate about fairness of Nationality and Borders Bill
Humanitarian organisations and parliamentarians have warned that refugees from Afghanistan who arrive to the UK via irregular routes will be unfairly criminalised under the government’s new Nationality and Borders Bill.
The BGC’s drive to promote safer gambling has produced tangible results, but we are determined to go further Partner content
Education
By Betting and Gaming Council
The BGC’s drive to promote safer gambling has produced tangible results, but we are determined to go further
When the Betting and Gaming Council was established towards the end of 2019, we were clear that, as well as representing the regulated industry, we were a standards body with a clear mission to promote safer gambling.
Thousands Of Afghans Await Asylum Decisions as Home Office Backlog Reaches A Record High
Foreign affairs
Thousands Of Afghans Await Asylum Decisions as Home Office Backlog Reaches A Record High
The backlog of asylum cases being processed by the UK hit a record high at the end of June 2021, according to Home Office data, with 70,905 still yet to receive a decision.
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