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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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The Role of Advanced Fuels in The Road to Net Zero Partner content
Environment
By Net Zero Week
The Role of Advanced Fuels in The Road to Net Zero
Lifting Our Sights – the future of transition for the Armed Forces Community Partner content
Defence
By Forces in Mind Trust
Lifting Our Sights – the future of transition for the Armed Forces Community
A shift in perceptions provides the key for our Armed Forces Community to thrive as they transition to civilian life in an ever-changing world.
Regulation puts pressure on the SME backbone of the defence industry Partner content
Defence
By Cohort plc
Regulation puts pressure on the SME backbone of the defence industry
The contributions of UK defence SMEs are tremendous. Burdensome regulation puts this at risk.
Is it time to modernise the Armed Forces resettlement system? Partner content
Communities
By Veterans Aid
Is it time to modernise the Armed Forces resettlement system?
It’s a fact of life that when something works for the majority, the minority can get overlooked – and for most veterans, the transition system works. Overwhelmingly, individuals do well when they leave the Armed Forces. Indeed many go on to outperform their civilian counterparts. So why am I asking for the resettlement system to be modernised?
New Lords committee to take on growing housing demand
Communities
By Baroness Neville-Rolfe
New Lords committee to take on growing housing demand
New Built Environment Lords Committee will look at the government’s housing target, the impact of reforms to the planning system and how barriers to meeting housing demand can be overcome.
At-home abortion is a disservice to women
Health
By Carla Lockhart MP
At-home abortion is a disservice to women
Abortion providers cannot ensure that the pills they prescribe are taken within the appropriate time frame, increasing the risk of severe complications and late abortions.
Banning junk food adverts will help people make healthier choices about what they eat
Health
By Mary Glindon MP
Banning junk food adverts will help people make healthier choices about what they eat
Banning junk food ads must be the start, rather than the end, of a multipronged national effort equal to the growing size of the obesity and health challenge.
We must stop “Lakeland Clearances” turfing out local families to make way for expensive second homes
Communities
By Tim Farron MP
We must stop “Lakeland Clearances” turfing out local families to make way for expensive second homes
What we don’t need is villages like Coniston or Grasmere, in the most beautiful parts of the United Kingdom, to be filled with empty houses, with no local people living there.
Calling all MPs who nominated a finalist in the 2020 NHS Parliamentary Awards
Health
By Stephen Powis
Calling all MPs who nominated a finalist in the 2020 NHS Parliamentary Awards
The ceremony to announce the winners – and the MP who supported them – will take place on 7 July 2021. Join your regional champions to celebrate the skill, professionalism and compassion of the NHS.
As the world becomes more complex and dangerous, the UK must build resilience through technology Partner content
Defence
By Improbable
As the world becomes more complex and dangerous, the UK must build resilience through technology
Now more than ever, it is essential that the UK puts technology at the forefront of its national security strategy.
There are better ways of caring for the most vulnerable than assisted suicide Partner content
Home affairs
By CARE
There are better ways of caring for the most vulnerable than assisted suicide
Legalising assisted suicide would go against the extraordinary efforts over the past 18 months to protect human life.
Britain’s Commonwealth-born military veterans must have the right to work in the UK and free access to the NHS
Defence
By Dan Jarvis MP
Britain’s Commonwealth-born military veterans must have the right to work in the UK and free access to the NHS
On 23 June 1944, the men of the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment were sent on a daring raid deep into enemy territory as part of the Bougainville campaign in the South Pacific.
The only way Labour can win again is by sending power out of Whitehall and into communities
Political parties
By Anas Sarwar
The only way Labour can win again is by sending power out of Whitehall and into communities
Meaningful powers, delivered locally and responsive to community needs can drive economic change and let people once again feel part of their own story.
Armed Forces Day reminds us of the debt we owe to our brave forces
Defence
By Ben Wallace MP
Armed Forces Day reminds us of the debt we owe to our brave forces
Armed Forces Day is a great opportunity to pay tribute to the bravest men and women in our constituencies.
The government must listen to young people on the best ways to tackle knife crime
Home affairs
By Rachel Ojo
The government must listen to young people on the best ways to tackle knife crime
Back in 2019, the Youth Select Committee gathered evidence for our inquiry, 'Our Generation’s Epidemic: Knife Crime', following a UK-wide ballot of more than a million young people aged 11 to 18.
No one foresaw that any government would make such a mess of Brexit
Brexit
By Bernard Jenkin MP
No one foresaw that any government would make such a mess of Brexit
The Northern Ireland Protocol, a forced inheritance from Mrs May’s backstop, is now destroying peace and political stability in Northern Ireland and will prove to be politically fraudulent.
Building Safety Bill must not leave behind leaseholders saddled with ruinous remediation costs
Communities
By Royston Smith MP
Building Safety Bill must not leave behind leaseholders saddled with ruinous remediation costs
The Building Safety Bill will be a great opportunity for the government to commit to helping leaseholders whose homes are deemed not safe through no fault of their own.
Global Britain should be leading the effort to vaccinate all seafarers
Environment
By Nusrat Ghani MP
Global Britain should be leading the effort to vaccinate all seafarers
As Covid-19 spread across the world last year, many countries and companies took an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ when it came to seafarers.
Removing steel safeguards leaves the industry at risk of collapse
Economy
By Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP
Removing steel safeguards leaves the industry at risk of collapse
It is essential for the UK government to extend steel safeguards beyond their June 2021 expiry date, or we risk job losses and endangering this treasured British industry.
Overseas NHS workers risked their lives fighting Covid, they should not have to pay for healthcare
Health
By Sarah Owen MP
Overseas NHS workers risked their lives fighting Covid, they should not have to pay for healthcare
The punitive and costly Immigration Health Surcharge for overseas healthcare workers is still charging people hundreds of pounds to use the very NHS they work in.
Heat and Buildings Strategy must be high on ambition and pragmatism to truly level up Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Heat and Buildings Strategy must be high on ambition and pragmatism to truly level up
It’s time for positive rhetoric surrounding climate change to be matched with action that meets the scale of ambition required.
White working class pupils are the victims of over a decade of cuts – not the term white privilege
Education
By Kim Johnson MP
White working class pupils are the victims of over a decade of cuts – not the term white privilege
The Education Committee report is a shameful attempt to stoke the culture war by scapegoating ethnic minorities for the poverty endemic in ‘left behind’ communities.
Government must do more to support nightlife with a long-term strategy for recovery
Economy
By Jeff Smith MP
Government must do more to support nightlife with a long-term strategy for recovery
With just seven days’ notice, the nightlife sector faced an eleventh-hour shifting of the goalposts and thousands of pounds wasted. This was an expense few could afford to lose.
Bishops in the Lords – an unholy row
Social affairs
By Bishop of Durham and Lord Taverne
Bishops in the Lords – an unholy row
The Church of England is one of the most active third sector organisations in the United Kingdom. But do its leaders deserve a special place in Parliament? Lord Taverne and the Bishop of Durham have opposing views
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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