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Labour Pledges 'Transparency' Overhaul of Benefits Sanctions For People With Disabilities
Labour Pledges "Transparency" Overhaul of Benefits Sanctions For People With Disabilities
Social affairs
Shadow disabilities minister Vicky Foxcroft has told PoliticsHome that a Labour government would ensure better transparency over benefits sanctions at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
How Government Hopes To Overhaul Renters' Rights
Social affairs
How Government Hopes To Overhaul Renters' Rights
Government Warned Help To Buy Boost Would Push House Prices Even Higher
Economy
Government Warned Help To Buy Boost Would Push House Prices Even Higher
Tory MP Says There Are “No Effective Measures” To Tackle Sexual Harassment In Parliament
Social affairs
Tory MP Says There Are “No Effective Measures” To Tackle Sexual Harassment In Parliament
What You Need To Know About Government's Gambling Crackdown
Social affairs
What You Need To Know About Government's Gambling Crackdown
Top Stories: UK Joins Asia Trade Deal, Economy Grew At End Of Last Year
Foreign affairs
Top Stories: UK Joins Asia Trade Deal, Economy Grew At End Of Last Year
Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
The House Live
We must break down barriers to give young carers every opportunity to succeed in life
Social affairs
By Paul Blomfield MP and Duncan Baker MP
We must break down barriers to give young carers every opportunity to succeed in life
We must come together to make the UK a world leader on LGBT+ rights once more
Social affairs
By Angela Eagle MP and Elliot Colburn MP
We must come together to make the UK a world leader on LGBT+ rights once more
The Isle of Man: standing proud
Culture
By Sir John Lorimer
The Isle of Man: standing proud
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Frustrated Peers Say 4AM Sitting For Illegal Migration Bill Should Have Been Avoidable
Frustrated Peers Say 4AM Sitting For Illegal Migration Bill Should Have Been Avoidable
Political parties
Deeply problematic and toxic culture in Westminster cannot go on
Deeply problematic and toxic culture in Westminster cannot go on
By Debbie Abrahams MP
Parliament
The King’s coronation showed the world Britain treats the Jewish community with dignity and respect
The King’s coronation showed the world Britain treats the Jewish community with dignity and respect
By Baroness Merron
Communities
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How Government Hopes To Overhaul Renters' Rights
Social affairs
How Government Hopes To Overhaul Renters' Rights
Government has announced a “once in a generation” Renters' Reform Bill which they say will revolutionise the private rental market. In recent years the sector has been inundated with people paying high prices on precarious contracts as a result of the housing crisis.
What You Need To Know About Government's Gambling Crackdown
Social affairs
What You Need To Know About Government's Gambling Crackdown
The Government has proposed a once in a generation white paper to clean up the gambling sector.
How Britain's Built Environment Became Degraded
Communities
By JS Curl
How Britain's Built Environment Became Degraded
In a stinging polemic, architectural historian and author of Making Dystopia Professor James Stevens Curl gives The House his view on exactly how Britain’s built environment lost its way
Social Affairs news
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.
Carers should have the right to one week unpaid leave to help them stay in work
Social affairs
By Baroness Pitkeathley
Carers should have the right to one week unpaid leave to help them stay in work
The Conservative Party Manifesto for the 2019 general election contained a pledge to introduce a right to one week’s unpaid leave for carers.
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
FIRST WAVE OF ALL IN CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED
Qualifying companies have provided evidence that they are championing All In’s work and have adopted the first six actions from its Action Plan
We only went to watch football: an eyewitness account of the Champions League final chaos
Social affairs
By Andrew Mitchell
We only went to watch football: an eyewitness account of the Champions League final chaos
What started as a Champions League final, a battle on the pitch for the most famous trophy in club football between two heavyweights, ended as a battle for truth. As the fans queued outside, the lies had already begun by the French authorities. 
Betting and Gaming Industry unites to announce Safer Gambling Week 2022 and pledge to build on last year's record-breaking success Partner content
Social affairs
By Betting And Gaming Council
Betting and Gaming Industry unites to announce Safer Gambling Week 2022 and pledge to build on last year's record-breaking success
This year’s Safer Gambling Week event will run from 17th – 23rd October 2022 and will see the whole industry coming together in a concerted effort to further promote safer gambling messages, the tools available to customers to stay in control and the help and support available to those who champion higher standards.
It’s time the government step up to support kinship care
Social affairs
By Alex Cunningham MP
It’s time the government step up to support kinship care
For too long we have been failing kinship carers. The thousands of grandparents, aunties, uncles, siblings and friends raising children when their parents are unable to – the “silent and unheard majority in the children’s social care system”.
Partner content
Economy
By Betting And Gaming Council
Nearly two-thirds of punters warn that forcing limits on their betting will drive them to the black market
Latest polling by YouGov found nearly two thirds of punters (65%) believe there is a large or substantial risk that setting limits on the amount of money spent on betting would drive more people to the unsafe, unregulated black market online. Polling also found almost 56 per cent of punters thought the Government should not set limits on how much money they could bet.
Rules preventing women inheriting hereditary peerages should be changed
Social affairs
By Harriett Baldwin MP
Rules preventing women inheriting hereditary peerages should be changed
We are blessed to live in a new Elizabethan era; an era in which Her Majesty has long reigned over us and we celebrate her Platinum Jubilee with true devotion. In 2013, Royal Assent was given to the Succession to the Crown Act, ending the system of male heirs automatically inheriting the throne over female heirs.
Minister Says People Should Work More Hours Or Get A “Better Paid Job” To Beat Cost Of Living Crisis
Social affairs
Minister Says People Should Work More Hours Or Get A “Better Paid Job” To Beat Cost Of Living Crisis
A government minister has said that people struggling with the cost of living crisis should work more hours in order to overcome financial difficulty.
Will replacing the Human Rights Act make it harder to access justice?
Social affairs
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Will replacing the Human Rights Act make it harder to access justice?
The government is running a consultation on its proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights. Chaminda Jayanetti argues the plans do not take into account just how hard it is to access justice across the UK
Government Accused Of Endangering LGBT Lives With Conversion Therapy “Consent Loophole”
Social affairs
Government Accused Of Endangering LGBT Lives With Conversion Therapy “Consent Loophole”
The government has reiterated a pledge to “ban” conversion therapy in today's Queen's speech, but a loophole creates an exception to the ban if it is believed that adults "consent" to the practice.

Rent Strike: How low-income tenants face hard choices over how to make up housing benefit shortfalls
Communities
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Rent Strike: How low-income tenants face hard choices over how to make up housing benefit shortfalls
Tenants on low incomes in private housing face rent shortfalls of hundreds of pounds a year after the government froze housing benefit for a second year running, amounting to a real-terms benefit cut in most of England as living costs soar.
Kwasi Kwarteng Says 'Bad Apples' To Blame For Sexism In Westminster
Political parties
Kwasi Kwarteng Says "Bad Apples" To Blame For Sexism In Westminster
Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted that Parliament is a safe place for women as he denied there was a widespread culture of sexism.
The Secret Caseworker: 'My pay has not increased in line with my workload'
Social affairs
By The Secret Caseworker
The Secret Caseworker: "My pay has not increased in line with my workload"
As the first port of call for constituency matters somewhere in the south of England, the Secret Caseworker takes us through a typically gruelling day
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
Culture
By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
The tripwires for Tracey Crouch’s excellent Fan-Led Review of Football Governance were the vain-glorious announcement of the “European Super League”, the collapse of Bury FC and near-insolvency of 45 other clubs, the pandemic and, of course, a Conservative manifesto commitment likely to figure in the Queen’s Speech.
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act Partner content
Health
By Impact on Urban Health
Air pollution is a problem we can solve - but the Government must show ambition in the Environment Act
If the Government is serious about addressing health inequality, it must set ambitious targets for clean air.
The government needs to introduce new 'spiking' criminal offence to keep people safe
Home affairs
By Diana Johnson MP
The government needs to introduce new 'spiking' criminal offence to keep people safe
Last year, when reports emerged of a new and sinister form of spiking, where victims were being injected with unknown substances, there was understandable concern. The Home Affairs Select Committee recently held hearings on the issue and have published recommendations.
As a refugee myself, I welcome the government's Rwanda plan
Foreign affairs
By Lord Popat
As a refugee myself, I welcome the government's Rwanda plan
As one of the 28,000 Ugandan Asian refugees who fled to the United Kingdom 50 years ago from the brutal dictator Idi Amin, I am aware of the struggle faced by those fleeing persecution, and want to do what I can to help protect the rights of asylum seekers.
Why ‘Homes for Ukraine’ but banishment for everyone else?
Foreign affairs
By Bella Sankey, Detention Action
Why ‘Homes for Ukraine’ but banishment for everyone else?
Whatever your views about people crossing the Channel to seek asylum in the UK, we can agree that the 70 per cent of those people who are recognised as refugees have overcome enormous dangers to reach the UK.
The government is boosting take-up of Pension Credit – and our parliamentary colleagues can help us
Social affairs
By Guy Opperman MP
The government is boosting take-up of Pension Credit – and our parliamentary colleagues can help us
Claims for Pension Credit were up 30 per cent in 2021 compared with 2019. It provides a massive financial boost to vulnerable pensioners. As well as putting extra money directly in pensioners’ pockets, it also opens up access to other benefits, such as help with rent and council tax, heating bills, free NHS dental care and free TV licenses for the over-75s.
Later life matters: The case for an Older People’s Commissioner for England Partner content
Health
By Centre for Ageing Better
Later life matters: The case for an Older People’s Commissioner for England
The State of Ageing 2022, a new comprehensive review of public data by the Centre for Ageing Better, shines a light on people’s worsening experiences of growing older in England and strengthens calls for an Older People’s Commissioner.
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Green Infrastructure Week 2023
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