Electoral law in the UK has struggled to adapt to the pace and scale of changes in digital communications. With a potential snap election on the horizon, Dods Monitoring's Guinevere Poncia considers the challenges presented by online political campaigning.

Chair of Heathrow Skills Taskforce, Lord Blunkett calls for the introduction of a brand new ‘Infrastructure Skills Passport’ to future-proof the careers of Heathrow’s workforce.

Children’s interest in Science is down with time pressures to teach full curriculum a crucial factor, according to new research from IET.

There is still time for the UK to meet its net-zero goal, but it will require determined action from the Government now, says Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, Norman Lamb MP.

Two weeks on from the revocation of Kashmir's special status shadow Foreign Office Minister Khalid Mahmood MP argues that the UK Government has a duty to intervene in Kashmir.

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

With a new Office for Fair Funding, no longer would Whitehall be judge, jury and executioner. Wales would stand on an equal footing with London and get a fair hearing when it comes to funding, says Jonathan Edwards MP, Plaid Cymru Treasury Spokesperson.

Swathes of ancient woodland are living on borrowed time as HS2 starts to force its way through our countryside, says the Woodland Trust.

Any new tariffs could impact the production of drugs, Dods Monitoring's Nabil Rastani writes.

On the 200-year anniversary of the Peterloo massacre Labour and Cooperative Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Lucy Powell MP reflects on the modern challenges to democracy. 

Only when we end overcrowding, invest in services and transform prisons into places of rehabilitation can we break the cycle of reoffending that creates hundreds of new victims every day, says Lord Marks. 

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine writes that in 2019 Wales witnessed the lowest winter performance since records began, and unlike previous years there has been no recovery from the winter strain.

Writing on International Youth Day, Cat Smith MP writes that we have a generation that wants a fairer society, but instead of being supported and valued, young people have be have been disproportionately hit by austerity and had their voices ignored by this government.

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

Bob Neill MP writes on the concept of ‘fairness’ in relation to HMRC attempting to retrospectively claim income tax from contractors paid via non-taxable loans.

The UK Government’s regressive two-child limit is no longer simply a pernicious policy, it is a failed one, says Alison Thewliss MP. 

This week, which marks the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, the Bishop of St Albans writes on the importance of interfaith dialogue, saying there is little doubt that religious persecution is increasing around the globe.

Shadow Minister for Public Health Sharon Hodgson writes that she knows breastfeeding can be physically draining and often painful, yet it is one of the most powerful factors in infant health.

John McDonnell should stop freelancing and stick to Labour's agreed policy on a second Scottish referendum, argues Ian Murray MP.

Running to be Treasury Select Committee Chair, Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake writes that his non-partisan, robust, Yorkshire straight-talking approach would be an advantage in winning over Labour colleagues and holding HMT to account.

Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, writes on the DWP's Access to Work Scheme following recently released statistics.  

In every sector, project professionals will be tasked with delivering the future and realising the benefits promised by new technologies, says David Thomson is Head of External Affairs at the Association for Project Management (APM).

Writing on the 74th World Hiroshima Day Baroness Jones states that as we remember the devastation of nuclear war there is a rising standoff between the US and Iran.

The lengthy letter sent to carers explaining their benefit fails to inform them of the 'essential fact' that earning £1 over the earnings threshold will lose them their week’s entitlement, writes Frank Field MP.