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Police Accused Of 'Heavy Handed, Punitive' Handling Of Anti-Royal Protests After Queen's Death
Police Accused Of "Heavy Handed, Punitive" Handling Of Anti-Royal Protests After Queen's Death
Political parties
Civil liberties groups have expressed concern over the treatment of republican protestors following a number of reports of police intervention into anti-royal demonstrations in the days following the Queen's death.
Here's What Happens To The Government Following The Death Of The Queen
Social affairs
Here's What Happens To The Government Following The Death Of The Queen
Safeguarding Concerns Raised For Ukrainian Refugees After Delays To DBS Vetting Checks
Communities
Safeguarding Concerns Raised For Ukrainian Refugees After Delays To DBS Vetting Checks
Pubs Facing Closure Say The “Horse Has Already Bolted” On Energy Cost Damage To Industry
Social affairs
Pubs Facing Closure Say The “Horse Has Already Bolted” On Energy Cost Damage To Industry
Benefits Boost Needed To Tackle Energy Bills Crisis, Former Work And Pensions Secretary Says
Economy
Benefits Boost Needed To Tackle Energy Bills Crisis, Former Work And Pensions Secretary Says
Monthly Homes For Ukraine Payments Could Be Doubled To Stop Refugees Becoming Homeless
Communities
Monthly Homes For Ukraine Payments Could Be Doubled To Stop Refugees Becoming Homeless
Homes For Ukraine Scheme Faces A 'Crisis' As Quarter Of Hosts Plan To Quit
Communities
Homes For Ukraine Scheme Faces A "Crisis" As Quarter Of Hosts Plan To Quit
The House Live
Equity must be a priority in the HIV Action Plan
Health
By Mercy Shibemba
Equity must be a priority in the HIV Action Plan
Fixing childcare is key to unlocking Britain’s labour market
Social affairs
By Matt Warman MP
Fixing childcare is key to unlocking Britain’s labour market
Committee Corner – Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts on his in-tray
Economy
By Clive Betts MP
Committee Corner – Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts on his in-tray
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Tory Rebels Planning Crisis Talks On Truss's Leadership Amid Fears Of 1997-Style Wipeout
Tory Rebels Planning Crisis Talks On Truss's Leadership Amid Fears Of 1997-Style Wipeout
Political parties
Tory MPs Turn On Suella Braverman After She Accused 45p Tax Rebels Of A 'Coup'
Tory MPs Turn On Suella Braverman After She Accused 45p Tax Rebels Of A "Coup"
Home affairs
Savage cuts to the BBC World Service make a mockery of Global Britain
Savage cuts to the BBC World Service make a mockery of Global Britain
By Lord Alton
Culture
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Committee Corner – Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts on his in-tray
Economy
By Clive Betts MP
Committee Corner – Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts on his in-tray
Amid a cost of living crisis and stretched public services, the next 12 months will be busy for Parliament’s select committees. Labour chairs set out their priorities – starting with Clive Betts
Here's What Happens To The Government Following The Death Of The Queen
Social affairs
Here's What Happens To The Government Following The Death Of The Queen
Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The UK will now enter a 10-day period of mourning in which Parliament and almost all government business will be paused.
Ukrainian Refugees In The UK Could Face Homelessness When Six Months With Hosts Ends
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian Refugees In The UK Could Face Homelessness When Six Months With Hosts Ends
Exclusive: Local leaders have issued an urgent call to government to provide further support for Ukrainian refugees living in the UK as early arrivals near the end of the six month period in which their hosts were required to support them under the government's Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Social Affairs news
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK 'Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up' With Covid
Economy
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK "Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up" With Covid
Personal finance expert Martin Lewis has accused the government of inaction on soaring energy prices, and compared the "cataclysmic" scale of the crisis to watching Covid hospitalisations soar across Europe while the UK continued to allow sporting events to go ahead in 2020.
Conservative Anti-Racism Group Tells Liz Truss And Rishi Sunak To Ditch Divisive “Culture Wars”
Political parties
Conservative Anti-Racism Group Tells Liz Truss And Rishi Sunak To Ditch Divisive “Culture Wars”
A Tory race-relations group has called on Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to ditch divisive “culture war” topics that have featured prominently in their campaigns and focus on urgent cost of living crisis issues.
Equality watchdog: Millions may be digital natives, but how many is AI leaving behind? Partner content
Communities
By Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality watchdog: Millions may be digital natives, but how many is AI leaving behind?
Artificial intelligence can be a force for good, but we must ensure it does not perpetuate exclusion on the road to progress.
Who cares? How the outsourcing of provision for looked after children is not fit for purpose
Social affairs
By Martin Barrow
Who cares? How the outsourcing of provision for looked after children is not fit for purpose
Who profits when care homes and approved schools are placed in the private sector? Martin Barrow reports
Ukraine Refugee Matching Groups Warn Pool Of UK Hosts Has Plummeted
Communities
Ukraine Refugee Matching Groups Warn Pool Of UK Hosts Has Plummeted
A number of large groups responsible for matching UK hosts with Ukrainian refugees have closed applications as they warned the pool of available hosts was almost depleted.
The “most draconian laws in the world”: Women’s Health Strategy all but silent on abortion
Health
By Alexandra Ming
The “most draconian laws in the world”: Women’s Health Strategy all but silent on abortion
Last week, the Department for Health and Social Care published its long-awaited women’s health strategy for England. Although the strategy – which seeks to address disparities in health and wellbeing outcomes for women – has been welcomed by many, stakeholders have criticised a glaring lack of focus on abortion services.
The Chris Boardman Interview: Ending the culture war around cycling
Health
By James Wilmore
The Chris Boardman Interview: Ending the culture war around cycling
Three decades on from winning Olympic gold, cyclist Chris Boardman has a new national challenge – getting us out of our cars and onto our bikes.
LGBTQ rights and the Qatar World Cup
Culture
By Sheila Amedodah
LGBTQ rights and the Qatar World Cup
The Qatar World Cup raises a question of how the Football Association can reconcile championing LGBTQ rights with participation in a tournament where homosexuality is illegal.
More funding needed to help early years bounce back from Covid, experts warn
Education
By Tom Hunter
More funding needed to help early years bounce back from Covid, experts warn
There are children starting school who “don’t know how to eat, don’t know how to sit still… some even still in nappies, they don’t know how to respond to their own name, even”.
How can we support the 10 million people who suffer from migraine? Partner content
Coronavirus
By AbbVie
How can we support the 10 million people who suffer from migraine?
In the latest in our new series on improving care for people with long-term health conditions, Dods Impact and AbbVie explore how fixing the ‘broken care pathway’ can help support the 10 million people in the UK who suffer from migraines
Government's Rwanda Plan Failing To Deter Migrant Crossings, MPs Say
Home affairs
Government's Rwanda Plan Failing To Deter Migrant Crossings, MPs Say
A new report has warned that the government's efforts to curb Channel crossings using the threat of deportation to Rwanda are "unrealistic" and will "not succeed".
Benefit Delays For Ukrainian Refugees Leave British Families Turning To Crowdfunding
Foreign affairs
Benefit Delays For Ukrainian Refugees Leave British Families Turning To Crowdfunding
A Labour MP has branded delays "unacceptable and dangerous" after the wait for benefits payments to Ukrainian refugees has put financial strain on families.
We still have a long way to go to end HIV stigma
Health
By Martyn Butler OBE
We still have a long way to go to end HIV stigma
This week marks 40 years since Terry Higgins died of an Aids-related illness and his partner Rupert Whitaker and I set about founding an organisation in his honour to prevent what happened to him and is happening to untold others.
Stick or twist? Looming review fuels debate about gambling regulation
Communities
By Sheila Amedodah
Stick or twist? Looming review fuels debate about gambling regulation
The government’s plan to update regulations for gambling must balance campaigners’ calls for more stringent safeguards and stakeholders’ warnings that additional measures could stifle the industry and fuel black market betting.
The Rundown: Overturning Of Roe Vs Wade Exposes UK Abortion Law's Fragility
Social affairs
The Rundown: Overturning Of Roe Vs Wade Exposes UK Abortion Law's Fragility
The Labour peer Baroness Hayter and Katherine O'Brien from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne for this week’s episode to discuss the reverberations of the US Supreme Court's overturning of Roe Vs Wade, meaning abortion is now banned or severely restricted in a number of American states.
Roe Vs Wade Shows Now Is Finally Time To Decriminalise Abortion In The UK, Says Veteran Campaigner
Social affairs
Roe Vs Wade Shows Now Is Finally Time To Decriminalise Abortion In The UK, Says Veteran Campaigner
A veteran abortion campaigner has called on the government to use the overturning of the legal right to terminations in America as the catalyst to finally fully decriminalise the procedure in the UK.
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
Health
By Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Boosting funding to community pharmacies would help ease the NHS backlog
A funding squeeze and workforce shortages are threatening to hold back community pharmacies from expanding.
Counties need the same attention as cities for levelling up to succeed
Economy
By Ben Bradley MP
Counties need the same attention as cities for levelling up to succeed
If we are to be successful in levelling up the country, putting powers in the hands of local communities coupled with ambitious levels of investment for those places, will go a long way to delivering this aim.
How advertising is addressing uncomfortable truths about its own industry Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
How advertising is addressing uncomfortable truths about its own industry

The Advertising Association has recognised the media companies and ad agencies driving real change in diversity and inclusion, as the industry sets out the next phase of its All In action plan, which was showcased in Parliament last week.
Seismic US Abortion Ban Renews Calls To Get Northern Ireland Services Up And Running
Social affairs
Seismic US Abortion Ban Renews Calls To Get Northern Ireland Services Up And Running
The decision by the US Supreme Court to reverse that country’s legal right to abortion has renewed focus on the lack of abortion provision in Northern Ireland where women still cannot access services locally, despite a law passed more than two years ago.
This must be a turning point to overhaul children’s social care in England
Social affairs
By Tim Loughton MP, Steve McCabe MP and Baroness Tyler
This must be a turning point to overhaul children’s social care in England
The publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England in May was an important milestone for an area of social policy that is close to our hearts.
Partner content
Social affairs
By Betting And Gaming Council
Top charities to share £1.2 million after bookies donate profits from flagship race
Some of the UK’s top charities have landed a huge donation after bookies handed over all their profits from a flagship race.
How innovation can help ease the devastating impact of macular disease Partner content
Health
By AbbVie
How innovation can help ease the devastating impact of macular disease
In the first of our new series on improving care for people with long-term health conditions, Dods Impact and AbbVie explore how improving Digital and Virtual Outpatient Services can help the 1.5 million people losing their sight as a result of macular disease
Partner content
Education
By Lloyds Banking Group
Insta-scam: how scammers are targeting younger users online
Scammers are deviously adaptable. From targeted phone-calls to vulnerable people, to phishing emails to online shoppers, there’s always a new kind of hustle being developed.
EventsAll
Unlocking the SCS London
2022
London
Unlocking the SCS London
Building & Fire Safety: Achieving regulatory compliance
2022
Online
Building & Fire Safety: Achieving regulatory compliance
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
2022
Central London
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
Online Safety Bill Briefing
2022
Online
Online Safety Bill Briefing