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Renewing and restoring existing housing stock needs more attention – and cash – than it is getting
Renewing and restoring existing housing stock needs more attention – and cash – than it is getting
Communities
By Lord Best
The Social Housing Bill now passing through the House of Lords gives extra impetus to the drive for more desperately needed social housing.
'Labour to his core': tribute to Lord Hattersley – by Baroness Taylor
Obituaries
By Baroness Taylor of Bolton
"Labour to his core": tribute to Lord Hattersley – by Baroness Taylor
Sport and physical activity in the next phase of devolution Partner content
Health
By Sport England
Sport and physical activity in the next phase of devolution
The rush to build data centres risks saddling our children with unnecessary costs and pollution
Home affairs
By Sini Matikainen
The rush to build data centres risks saddling our children with unnecessary costs and pollution
The government must protect our democracy from serious information incidents
Social affairs
By Phoebe Arnold and George Havenand
The government must protect our democracy from serious information incidents
Help us act on the emergency of young people’s mental health
Health
By Helen Hayes MP and Layla Moran MP
Help us act on the emergency of young people’s mental health
The outsourcing injustice at the heart of government is finally coming to an end
Economy
By Paul Nowak and Fran Heathcote
The outsourcing injustice at the heart of government is finally coming to an end
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Lord Heseltine: 'We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power'
Lord Heseltine: "We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power"
Home affairs
Reform Council Leader George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Reform Council Leader George Finch: Nobody Deserves To Be In No 10 More Than Farage
Political parties
We must scrap the triple lock
We must scrap the triple lock
By David Gauke
Economy
Gen Z Labour MP Says Social Media Ban Will 'Create More Problems' For Young People
Gen Z Labour MP Says Social Media Ban Will "Create More Problems" For Young People
Technology
Violence Against Women And Girls Rises Despite Labour Manifesto Pledge
Violence Against Women And Girls Rises Despite Labour Manifesto Pledge
Home affairs
Political Tetris: How Fragmentation Is Forcing Parties Into Complex Coalition-Building
Political Tetris: How Fragmentation Is Forcing Parties Into Complex Coalition-Building
Political parties
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The Good Friday Agreement will not be revived by repeating old debates
History
By Lord Bew
The Good Friday Agreement will not be revived by repeating old debates
A certain sickly sentimentality has already descended on the commemoration of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
Can the Tories hold off a Labour landslide at the next election?
Political parties
By Tim Bale
Can the Tories hold off a Labour landslide at the next election?
Ginger Rogers may be better known as a movie star than as a political strategist, but since Liz Truss trashed its already badly-tarnished brand last autumn, the Conservative Party has had little choice but to follow her advice.
Health Means Wealth: Exploring the business of health equity Partner content
Health
By Total Politics Impact
Health Means Wealth: Exploring the business of health equity
Health is a critical factor in driving social and economic wellbeing and has a vital role to play as we work to help the UK ’level up’. Much current policy focuses on how government and the NHS can reduce health inequity. But what is the role that UK business should be playing?
Unionists must seize this opportunity to transform Northern Ireland for all
Brexit
By Julian Smith MP
Unionists must seize this opportunity to transform Northern Ireland for all
The current debate within unionism, both in Northern Ireland and across the United Kingdom, is fundamental to the whole future of the union.
Making the Most of What We’ve Got: Improving the Existing Built Environment Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
Making the Most of What We’ve Got: Improving the Existing Built Environment
Adapting our existing buildings and infrastructure is critical if we are to achieve a low-carbon future. But how can professionals working in the built environment show leadership to support this ambition? A recent gathering of construction industry experts in the West Midlands explored new ways to shape places fit for a net zero future.
Real Regulatory Reform Requires Focus on How, Not What Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Real Regulatory Reform Requires Focus on How, Not What
With the British economy projected to barely avoid a technical recession this year, it comes as no surprise that the question of how to get the economy growing again has become more pressing. The Mineral Products Association's blueprint for smart regulation can help.
Seizing the potential of sport and physical activity as we approach this year’s London Marathon Partner content
Health
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Seizing the potential of sport and physical activity as we approach this year’s London Marathon
As London Marathon’s longest continual sponsor, Lucozade Sport is proud to be sponsoring the TCS London Marathon yet again as the brand’s owner, Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) calls for Government to further promote sport participation and physical activity in deprived communities.
Plan to tackle dirty money in UK lacks ambition and funding
Economy
By Baroness Hodge
Plan to tackle dirty money in UK lacks ambition and funding
The government’s new Economic Crime Plan, their blueprint for cracking down on dirty money, has finally been published and it deserves some credit.
The long-awaited AI Governance White Paper falls far short of what is needed
Technology
By Lord Clement-Jones
The long-awaited AI Governance White Paper falls far short of what is needed
Last week over a thousand leading technologists wrote an open letter pointing out the “profound risks to society and humanity” of artificial intelligence (AI) systems with human-competitive intelligence.
I’m campaigning to have nappy changing stations in every cafe and restaurant in the UK
Social affairs
By Lucy Dargahi
I’m campaigning to have nappy changing stations in every cafe and restaurant in the UK
The other day my NCT group were visiting a cafe popular with parents and babies in Hammersmith. My friend Rachel, a GP, arrived with her baby who needs a nappy change. “I don’t think they have a changing station here," another mum says. So Rachel had to change her baby on the bathroom floor.
Crucial gaps remain for the UK’s path to energy independence and net zero
Energy
By Jack Richardson
Crucial gaps remain for the UK’s path to energy independence and net zero
Rishi Sunak wants his government to focus on delivery. Yesterday, it delivered thousands of pages of documents and policies that have been missing in action for months.
How to deliver a reliable decarbonised power system
Energy
By Lord Deben
How to deliver a reliable decarbonised power system
A reliable and resilient decarbonised power system by 2035 is achievable but it will require swift deployment of critical infrastructure, with barriers to this removed and policy gaps remedied. It can only be achieved through a co-ordinated and strategic approach to delivery and government leadership is essential.
Investing in Sunderland’s creative industries is vital for the region’s economic growth
Culture
By Julie Elliott MP
Investing in Sunderland’s creative industries is vital for the region’s economic growth
It is an exciting time to be in Sunderland and the north east. Not only has the city centre seen transformational change, with massive new projects ongoing and a new train station on the way, but recent developments in the creative industries are readying a strong foundation for the region’s future economic growth.
Access to eating disorder treatment is a fundamental right but many are being denied access
Health
By Hope Virgo
Access to eating disorder treatment is a fundamental right but many are being denied access
Imagine sitting in a room with your clinical team, there to help you recover from an eating disorder, but being told you aren’t working hard enough.
A National Eye Health Strategy is vital to prevent avoidable sight loss
Health
By Marsha de Cordova MP
A National Eye Health Strategy is vital to prevent avoidable sight loss
Sight loss is something that I live with, along with over two million others in the United Kingdom.
Development banks need a bold new vision to tackle global crises
Economy
By Vicky Ford MP
Development banks need a bold new vision to tackle global crises
Societies around the world are struggling to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the fallout of the Ukraine war and address climate-related events. People across the United Kingdom are also dealing with the impact these global events have had on inflation.
Labour has a chance to win back Scotland if they can offer voters the change they long for
Political parties
By James Mitchell
Labour has a chance to win back Scotland if they can offer voters the change they long for
The independence referendum in 2014 transformed Scottish politics. It led directly to Labour’s electoral collapse in 2015 when the SNP won 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats.
It’s time the government stopped stalling and scrapped cruel Section 21 evictions
Communities
By Feryal Clark MP
It’s time the government stopped stalling and scrapped cruel Section 21 evictions
In April 2019, the government announced: “Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.”
The UK Holocaust Memorial must be located at the heart of our national life
Parliament
By Lord Pickles
The UK Holocaust Memorial must be located at the heart of our national life
It is almost a decade since the publication of Britain’s Promise to Remember, the report of a cross-party commission appointed by the-then prime minister which called for a “striking and prominent” new Holocaust memorial in central London to make a “bold statement” about the importance Britain places on preserving the memory of the Holocaust.
Why UK development programmes in Kenya are crucial for global prosperity and stability Partner content
Foreign affairs
By Coalition for Global Prosperity
Why UK development programmes in Kenya are crucial for global prosperity and stability
Earlier this year, I joined the Coalition for Global Prosperity and CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development on a trip to Kenya, to see first-hand the impact the UK is having through its development programmes. Together we visited communities in Marsabit County in Northern Kenya, who are experiencing the worst drought in forty years. This humanitarian crisis on the Horn of Africa is now one of the worst in the world, and in Kenya alone, over four million people have been affected by the drought with 4.5 million now at risk of starvation.
A step forward for left-behind neighbourhoods – and cross party working
Communities
By Diana Johnson and Paul Howell
A step forward for left-behind neighbourhoods – and cross party working
The announcement by the government to name community wealth funds as a new cause of the expanded Dormant Assets Scheme – an initiative that brings together unclaimed funds from bank and building society accounts and insurance, pensions and securities – will, hopefully, represent a seismic shift in how the most deprived and under-resourced parts of the country receive the funding they desperately need.
Driving action on food waste to meet net zero Partner content
Environment
By Tetra Pak
Driving action on food waste to meet net zero
Following the publication of Tetra Pak’s new report on decarbonising the UK food system, Alex Henriksen, Managing Director of Tetra Pak UK, reflects on the importance of tackling food waste and loss if the UK is to meet its net zero goals.
Labour still face an uphill battle to win over Scottish voters despite falling SNP support
Political parties
By Sir John Curtice
Labour still face an uphill battle to win over Scottish voters despite falling SNP support
Humza Yousaf was the overwhelming favourite to become the next SNP leader among his fellow MSPs at Holyrood and among those who occupy the SNP benches at Westminster.
Strengthening Britain’s support for Taiwan is vital as the threat from China grows
Foreign affairs
By Judith Cummins MP and Lord Leong
Strengthening Britain’s support for Taiwan is vital as the threat from China grows
In an increasingly uncertain world, building friendship, exchange and solidarity with the people of Taiwan has never been more important.
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Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
2026
Speaker's House, Palace of Westminster, London
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards
Net Zero Week 2026
2026
Online and In-Person
Net Zero Week 2026
Back Nuclear Energy 2026
2026
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Back Nuclear Energy 2026
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