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Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision
Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision
Education
By Baroness Thornton
You’ll know that ‘greenwashing’ means hyperbolic or fraudulent claims that products are sustainable or help to reduce emissions. But have you heard of ‘social washing’? Many public service commissioners in local authorities, the NHS and other organisations will recognise its meaning.
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation? Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation?
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
Political parties
By Robert Hutton
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
Failure on the NHS is not an option
Health
By Praful Nargund
Failure on the NHS is not an option
To upgrade the UK-German relationship, we need ambitious parliamentary links
Foreign affairs
By Dr Ed Turner and Nicolai von Ondarza
To upgrade the UK-German relationship, we need ambitious parliamentary links
The case for better business: why it’s time to modernise company law
Environment
By Martin Wrigley MP
The case for better business: why it’s time to modernise company law
Closing the loop: how circular economy can secure our water future Partner content
Economy
By WSP
Closing the loop: how circular economy can secure our water future
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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
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
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
Health
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Oil and gas windfall tax will help our manufacturing sector burn brighter
Energy
By Bill Esterson MP
Oil and gas windfall tax will help our manufacturing sector burn brighter
Millions of families in the UK face a cost of living crisis, with rapidly rising inflation, higher taxes and energy bills that could increase by £700 or more when the government lift the energy price cap in April.
Restrictions on trophy hunting imports are not the answer to saving vulnerable species
Environment
By Dr Conor O’Gorman
Restrictions on trophy hunting imports are not the answer to saving vulnerable species
Contrary to the campaigning of animal rights organisations and celebrities reeled out to promote the topic, trophy hunting is on record as being capable of delivering a variety of significant conservation and economic benefits.
We must celebrate Westminster's female role models if we're to attract more women to a career in politics
Communities
By Caroline Nokes MP
We must celebrate Westminster's female role models if we're to attract more women to a career in politics
The government’s drawn-out incremental steps to fix the building safety crisis is heightening leaseholder misery
Communities
By Lucy Brown
The government’s drawn-out incremental steps to fix the building safety crisis is heightening leaseholder misery
The two biggest purchases we make in life are usually our home and our car. Imagine purchasing a new car and when you take it for an MOT, the mechanic tells you that it’s missing airbags, the brakes are faulty and that the body crumples on impact.
The Conservatives have taken rural votes for granted – now our farmers and communities are suffering
Environment
By Jim McMahon MP
The Conservatives have taken rural votes for granted – now our farmers and communities are suffering
In the most difficult of times, our rural communities have shown inspiring British resilience. We should celebrate them and the very best of British farming, fisheries and produce throughout our rich supply chains.
Jack Dromey Tribute: Birmingham has lost our greatest campaigner, and a first among equals
Political parties
By Liam Byrne MP
Jack Dromey Tribute: Birmingham has lost our greatest campaigner, and a first among equals
Jack Dromey, 29 September 1948 – 7 January 2022. MP for Birmingham Erdington since 2010.
Keeping energy price cap in place will give family finances a break from rising cost of living
Economy
By Stephen McPartland MP
Keeping energy price cap in place will give family finances a break from rising cost of living
There has been a lot of focus on energy bills which may increase by an average of £700 per household this April. This has led to concern over the cost of living, but energy prices alone are not the problem.
An inside story with few insights: Jolyon Maugham reviews Mark Francois’ 'Spartan VictΩry'
Books & culture
By Jolyon Maugham
An inside story with few insights: Jolyon Maugham reviews Mark Francois’ 'Spartan VictΩry'
Largely a partisan chronology of ERG attempts to break the Brexit deadlock, and with few personal insights into his remarkable rise from working-class boy to Tory MP, Mark Francois’ book is a missed opportunity
Libraries and bookshops are a vital part of the community – protecting them from closure is crucial for levelling up
Communities
By Earl of Clancarty
Libraries and bookshops are a vital part of the community – protecting them from closure is crucial for levelling up
Writers, booksellers, libraries, and publishers are part of an important creative ecosystem that also includes local schools and colleges. Despite the growth of online reading, books are an indispensable aid in improving and maintaining literacy.
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.
Government must do more to address housebuilding obstacles or miss target
Communities
By Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Government must do more to address housebuilding obstacles or miss target
Too many people currently live in expensive, unsuitable, and poor-quality homes. Housing supply needs to be increased now to tackle the housing crisis. This was the conclusion of the report by the Lords Built Environment Committee.
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.
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first Partner content
Health
By Unum
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first
Brexit gives us greater freedom over how the British economy works. But current insurance rules on investment, a legacy from our membership of the EU, are a hindrance to ‘Levelling Up’. We need to remove this roadblock and put public services first
Natural leader: the George Eustice interview
Environment
By Adam Payne
Natural leader: the George Eustice interview
As the man at the top of Defra, George Eustice is charged with safeguarding Britain’s natural resources. But with issues from flooding to food standards climbing the national agenda, the Environment Secretary has a full in-tray. Adam Payne reports.
'Glorious yet frustrating': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Green Planet'
Books & culture
By Baroness Bennett
'Glorious yet frustrating': Baroness Bennett reviews 'The Green Planet'
A triumph of innovative production, the new series from the BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit successfully depicts epic life and death stories from the plant-kingdom – but so far tells us frustratingly little about plant cooperation
Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary
Parliament
By Mrs Crackenthorpe
Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary
I hope you had a fabulous festive season and feel as revived and ready as I for a fresh term of parliamentary tattle, scandal, intrigue and scuttlebutt. I am delighted to disclose that less than a fortnight into the new term, this is already occurring in abundance…
Extending the Warm Home Discount will help more vulnerable families cope with soaring energy bills
Economy
By Damian Green MP
Extending the Warm Home Discount will help more vulnerable families cope with soaring energy bills
New year, new crisis. That’s the conventional wisdom of the commentariat, although the likelihood that 2022 would be a year of high inflation has been obvious for many months.
Covid in Parliament: What Is Westminster's 'New Normal'?
Coronavirus
By Laurence Sleator
Covid in Parliament: What Is Westminster's 'New Normal'?
As Omicron continues to rage, and with the end of the pandemic proving elusive, how will Westminster adjust to the ‘new normal’? Laurence Sleator takes the temperature of a febrile Parliament
Britain must do more to deter Russian aggression – diplomacy and sanctions are not enough
Defence
By Bernard Jenkin MP
Britain must do more to deter Russian aggression – diplomacy and sanctions are not enough
The term “grand strategy” may seem like a relic from previous centuries which became irrelevant with the end of the Cold War, but this is to ignore what is happening in today’s world.
The government must set the Commons free to make up its mind on the issue of assisted dying
Social affairs
By Lord Falconer
The government must set the Commons free to make up its mind on the issue of assisted dying
With public opinion solidly in favour of assisted dying, the government must make time in the Commons to let MPs come to a decision on this matter of conscience
'Assisted dying' risks being seen and used as a cheap solution for human suffering
Social affairs
By Baroness Finlay
'Assisted dying' risks being seen and used as a cheap solution for human suffering
Legalising euthanasia will only worsen the current provision of care for the terminally ill
The near liquidation of Coventry United shows need for a fan-led review of women’s football
Culture
By Julie Elliott MP
The near liquidation of Coventry United shows need for a fan-led review of women’s football
As we build up to the country hosting the 2022 Women’s Football European Championship this summer, there has not been a better time to be a woman playing football in the UK since the FA rescinded the ban on women playing football was banned by the football authorities in 1921.
Global Britain has a responsibility to act as conflict and climate change push displacement to a record high
Foreign affairs
By Lord Alton
Global Britain has a responsibility to act as conflict and climate change push displacement to a record high
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimates that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children - and 32 per cent of whom are refugees. We need an urgent international response to address the root causes.
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.
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