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The government has taken a big step to protect leaseholders – but we cannot stop here
The government has taken a big step to protect leaseholders – but we cannot stop here
Communities
By Alistair Strathern MP
How much would you expect to pay to have a lightbulb changed? £2? £20? What about £200? That’s what one of my constituents forked out as part of a service charge for routine maintenance.
We can build more and faster
Economy
By Dan Tomlinson MP
We can build more and faster
Pride should be a celebration of inclusion — not a platform for exclusion
Social affairs
By Owen Meredith
Pride should be a celebration of inclusion — not a platform for exclusion
Keir Starmer still needs to answer one big question – what is he for?
Political parties
By Keiran Pedley
Keir Starmer still needs to answer one big question – what is he for?
Labour one year in: a great time to be unpopular
Political parties
By John Higginson
Labour one year in: a great time to be unpopular
The UK’s largest civil project is going belly up at taxpayers’ expense – it’s time to put HS2 Ltd into administration
Transport
By Lord Berkeley
The UK’s largest civil project is going belly up at taxpayers’ expense – it’s time to put HS2 Ltd into administration
Lord Lexden reviews 'The Spy and the Devil'
Books & culture
By Lord Lexden
Lord Lexden reviews 'The Spy and the Devil'
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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
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
Political parties
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
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
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
By Chris Coghlan MP
Communities
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Vaccine misinformation is a virus unto itself and it's costing lives
Coronavirus
By Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden
Vaccine misinformation is a virus unto itself and it's costing lives
With vaccine disinformation creating confusion and distrust, healthcare workers that have put their head above the parapet are a target for abuse.
Ken Clarke’s tin-eared approach shows why the infected blood inquiry is needed 40 years on
Health
By Diana Johnson MP
Ken Clarke’s tin-eared approach shows why the infected blood inquiry is needed 40 years on
Until this week, Kenneth Clarke had refused to engage with attempts to uncover what happened 40 years ago. His lack of empathy, contrition or humility was shocking, striking - but informative.
We now have an unprecedented chance to benefit building societies – let’s seize the opportunity Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
We now have an unprecedented chance to benefit building societies – let’s seize the opportunity
Newly proposed measures take advantage of the Brexit freedom. It’s time for other decision makers to follow.
Record investment for flood schemes will better protect homes and businesses from danger of climate change
Environment
By George Eustice MP
Record investment for flood schemes will better protect homes and businesses from danger of climate change
We are making changes to allow insurers to help flooded households to make their homes more resilient to future flooding and looking at ways to ensure our flood defence investment programme can further benefit frequently flooded communities.
Inside Westminster's history of contested monuments
Culture
By Lord Wallace
Inside Westminster's history of contested monuments
Oliver Cromwell as a regicide was originally absent from the line of statues of former rulers within the Palace. Walking around Parliament should remind us that arguments about our country’s history have a long history themselves.
Background should not be a barrier to access stem cell transplant treatment and care
Health
By Mark Tami MP
Background should not be a barrier to access stem cell transplant treatment and care
Taking account of a patient’s background, the circumstances of their lives and the particular challenges they might face is crucial to delivering complex treatments like stem cell transplantation.
Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda
Economy
By Dame Clare Moriarty
Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda
Pushing benefit levels lower will hurt working families and take money out of local economies, not accelerate our recovery.
Meeting Tomorrow’s Needs Today: how can we support sustainable living in later life? Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Meeting Tomorrow’s Needs Today: how can we support sustainable living in later life?
Addressing climate change is the biggest issue of our lifetimes. Since the first industrial revolution over 200 years ago, economic growth and the advances that have flowed from it have been almost entirely driven by fossil fuels.
Platitudes are not enough – nurses hard work deserves to be recognised with a 12.5 per cent pay increase
Health
By Graham Revie
Platitudes are not enough – nurses hard work deserves to be recognised with a 12.5 per cent pay increase
Last year claps warmed hearts and boosted morale, but it now feels like the only recognition health care workers are getting.
Without trust and dialogue, Northern Ireland risks becoming a permanent casualty of Brexit
Brexit
By Lord Jay
Without trust and dialogue, Northern Ireland risks becoming a permanent casualty of Brexit
Public opinion in Northern Ireland on the Protocol is split down the middle, aggravating existing community tensions. Patience, dialogue, and most of all trust between the UK and EU is needed to find a solution.
Installing buffer zones around abortion clinics would be a direct threat to civil liberties
Social affairs
By Desmond Swayne MP
Installing buffer zones around abortion clinics would be a direct threat to civil liberties
If ever passed, a law introducing buffer zones would set a dangerous and unjust precedent for restrictions on other opinions that may challenge the perceived status quo at any given time.
Without protections, spy law reform will criminalise journalists and civil servants
Home affairs
By Alex Bailin QC
Without protections, spy law reform will criminalise journalists and civil servants
Without a general public interest defence, the law lacks a vital safety valve to ensure that governmental secrecy is not abused to cover up serious wrongdoing.
Maths deserves to be included in the name of the Science and Technology Committee
Economy
By Christian Wakeford MP and Professor Ulrike Tillmann
Maths deserves to be included in the name of the Science and Technology Committee
Maths matters. Even its most pure parts have a habit of throwing up answers to some of our most pressing practical questions.
To stop the culture wars, learn from gay rights
Culture
By Luke Tryl
To stop the culture wars, learn from gay rights
In dousing the flames of the culture wars, our leaders would do well to look to the push for gay equality and to learn from it how to better live up to the public’s expectations about navigating cultural change in Britain today.
Windrush victims are being failed again by flawed compensation scheme
Home affairs
By Meg Hillier MP
Windrush victims are being failed again by flawed compensation scheme
Not only was the Windrush compensation scheme complex and difficult for claimants but the Home Office did not provide the necessary resources to manage it.
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
Environment
By Baroness Hayman, Lord Knight and Baroness Sheehan
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
The Prime Minister has said that the government’s new skills and education bill will be the “rocket fuel” for job creation and economic recovery, but it won’t succeed in its mission unless it recognises the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
UK must lead in battery and fuel cell technology or risk losing its automotive industry
Economy
By Lord Holmes
UK must lead in battery and fuel cell technology or risk losing its automotive industry
The UK is at risk of losing its existing automotive industry, falling further behind global competitors in battery manufacture and failing to meet our net-zero commitment.
Weird world of Dungeness
Energy
By John Johnston
Weird world of Dungeness
The strikingly barren landscape of Dungeness sits in the shadow of two nuclear plants, neither of which are producing power. John Johnston visits one of Britain’s most unusual places.
Good COP, bad COP? How Britain can lead the way on global nature protection
Environment
By Baroness Parminter
Good COP, bad COP? How Britain can lead the way on global nature protection
A gulf exists between the urgency and importance of halting biodiversity losses, restoring nature and the amount of actual efforts being made to do so. COP15 is a crucial moment to turn the tide.
Our capital city will be among the cleanest and greenest in the world
Environment
By Sadiq Khan
Our capital city will be among the cleanest and greenest in the world
The climate emergency is one of the biggest threats we face today. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a true crisis in every sense of the word, but it may pale in comparison to the impact of the climate breakdown, which could be even more damaging and disruptive to our way of life. In London, we are committed to making the capital a zero-carbon city by 2030, faster than any comparable city, and we have developed a climate action plan that is compatible with the highest ambitions of the Paris Agreement.
Unless the Prime Minister steps up now, the UN climate talks risk failure
Environment
By Chris Venables, Head of Politics at Green Alliance
Unless the Prime Minister steps up now, the UN climate talks risk failure
COP26 currently represents the world’s best chance to avoid catastrophic warming. Unless the gap between rhetoric and reality is closed, we will fail to prevent climate breakdown.
Robotics and AI are speeding up our nuclear clean up mission Partner content
Energy
By Sellafield Ltd
Robotics and AI are speeding up our nuclear clean up mission
West Cumbria is delivering the future of nuclear robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
How we can deliver future heat for everyone Partner content
Energy
By Cadent
How we can deliver future heat for everyone
To deliver the heat technology required to make net zero a reality, policy-makers need to make brave decisions now that put the UK on a pathway towards decarbonisation.
COP26 is make or break to tackle the climate emergency
Environment
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
COP26 is make or break to tackle the climate emergency
The climate emergency is happening now and even if we turned off the taps on every oil well and gas pipe tonight, that is only going to slow the process down, not stop it.
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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