The Government should be making it easier for veterans, service personnel, and their families to connect with one another and access peer-led mental health support, writes Jamie Stone MP. 

Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey writes about his hope that the Budget tomorrow will bring further investment in the fight against homelessness.

By investing in early years education we can help address lifelong inequalities caused by educational differences, determining income, opportunities and contributing to patterns of social mobility, writes Alex Norris MP.

The Budget tomorrow will be the first real test of this Government’s commitment on climate and it needs to drive momentum in the decarbonisation of electricity, heat and transport or it will set us up for a failure on the world stage, writes SSE's Alistair Phillips-Davies.

Whilst there has been recent media attention highlighting the delay to the long-awaited National Infrastructure Strategy in the Budget, MIMA hopes that any such delay by the new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, does in fact refocus the strategy to include increased resource tightly aimed at achieving net zero.

This week’s Budget presents a great opportunity for the Government to turbo-charge the green economy and to turn great ideas into reality, says Cadent. 

Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered body for the project profession, has released the findings of a new study The Golden Thread: The Regional Picture, commissioned by APM and undertaken by PwC UK, setting out a detailed regional analysis to bring to life the connections between projects and economic development across the UK. 

Ahead of the budget on 11 March 2020, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) sets out its wishes for the construction and housebuilding industry, with late payment, planning reform and greater support for SMEs at the top of the agenda.

With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem in any given year, Mind's Budget asks are not for a small sub-section of society but for a large number of us, writes Sophie Corlett, Director of External Relations.

Everyone agrees that we need to build more homes. As the country’s largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments is playing its part in this.

We need to have a clear way of tracing waste to make sure that rubbish does not end up in our ocean. My amendment to the Environment Bill will do just that, writes Wera Hobhouse MP. 

The Chancellor should use a bold first Budget to fix idiocies in the tax system, absorb the shock of the coronavirus and get Britain match-fit for Brexit, argues David Davis.

For Dawn Butler, running for the deputy leadership has exposed structural barriers that are preventing people like her from progressing. To break through, the Labour frontbencher has released a 23-page manifesto, centred on the party’s membership. She walks Sebastian Whale through her plans

Recent debate around combustible materials has focused too much on banning and limiting materials, including timber, rather than addressing how they are regulated, says Roy Wakeman OBE, Chair of the Confederation of Timber Industries.

With more governments around the world issuing green bonds, Maria Busca looks at whether HM Treasury will follow suit.   

Women in Westminster: The 100 celebrates the achievements and the valuable role women play in public life, by recognising one hundred high profile women from the world of Westminster, writes Baroness Jenkin.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

The UK signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012, yet four Parliaments and three Prime Ministers later, the Government continues to stall on ratification and therefore is not legally bound by its provisions, writes Angela Crawley MP.

Next week, the Westminster Government could demonstrate a genuine commitment to its ‘levelling up’ agenda by giving Wales its fair share of money and tax powers, says Ben Lake MP.

Sitting down recently with PoliticsHome, Keith Richards, Chief Executive of the Personal Finance Society and Managing Director of Engagement at the Chartered Insurance Institute, calls for a new, balanced Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FCSC) from the Budget that will best serve business and consumers.

Delivering the homes Britain needs whilst meeting our climate targets will require creativity: making good use of the existing housing stock, particularly long-term empty homes, and insisting on the highest possible standards in new builds, says Nationwide.

National funding is needed for Tier 2 weight management programmes, writes Paul Sharpe, Head of Partnerships at Slimming World.

Community Development Finance Institutions are committed to investing in the regions of the UK and are key to the Government’s strategy to increase productivity and level-up communities post-Brexit, says Responsible Finance. 

Responsibilities and obligations between the civil service and Government need to be made far clearer and be fully formalised, writes Dods Monitoring's Andy Frain.