Plaid Cymru MP, Jonathan Edwards, discusses the risk a No Deal Brexit poses to agriculture ahead of a debate on the issue in the House of Commons and the upcoming Royal Welsh Agricultural Show. 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission calls on the Government to end the ambiguity on teaching of LGBT rights, saying no child should be made to think that who they are is something to be ashamed of. 

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

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox writes for PoliticsHome, saying the newly launched International Trade Development Programme aims to cultivate the next generation of negotiators, policy makers and HM Trade Commissioners.

The recently launched WELL programme is a collaboration between the nuclear industry and Cumbria County Council, and Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and founding trustee of SHINE highlights how this unique kind of approach is Educating the North.

The use of artificial intelligence and automation in the public sector opens the door to new efficiencies and transformative systems. However, it is also awash with ethical and practical challenges, explains Guinevere Poncia

The outgoing President of the UK’s veterinary regulator, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, spoke to PoliticsHome about improving veterinary regulation in the UK, achieving greater diversity in the UK vet workforce and the animal health and welfare concerns associated with a no-deal Brexit.

The global water and sanitation crisis is rooted in power, poverty and inequality, not just in physical availability. To achieve transformative change and secure universal access by 2030 a political step-change on WASH globally is required, says Bethan Twigg, Advocacy Coordinator, WaterAid.

If the final frontier of humanity is to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life, and boldly go where no man has gone before, then look not up, but down, writes Samuel Place. 

The Health Foundation's Director Jo Bibby calls for a "whole-government approach" to health and social care and one which "places the value of people’s health and wellbeing on an equal footing with measures of GDP".

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, Health Select Committee Chair Sarah Wollaston, and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined parliamentarians in celebrating NHS staff at the annual NHS Parliamentary Awards. 

Former Minister and Tesco Director, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, writes ahead of her debate in the House of Lords on "Creating an environment which encourages business growth and job creation, especially in relation to the tax system". 

Police officers and staff deserve greater investment in wellbeing support, training and development, according to the College of Policing.

It’s time to reimagine our economy with one simple purpose – a world in which both humanity and our life-giving planet thrive, says Caroline Lucas MP.

In the last ten years the number of highly skilled freelancers has grown by half. What few people have realised, however, is the big part disabled people are playing in this, says Jonathan Lima-Matthews, Public Affairs Manager at IPSE.

Liberal Democrat Lords spokesperson for Digital writes following the conclusion of the Government’s Online Harms White Paper consultation and writes: “It would be a major mistake however to legislate too hastily before the definitions of harm and the scope in particular have been thoroughly debated.”

Selling electrical goods online cannot be a free pass on contributing to safety, writes Carolyn Harris MP. 

Heathrow's Sustainability and Environment Director writes about progress being made to reduce emissions from aviation through technological improvements and carbon offsetting, including peat bog restoration.

Veterans should not be turned into icons of abandonment, says Veterans Aid. 

Kevan Jones MP invites leading heart charity to bring its campaign for a national strategy for the prevention of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) back to Westminster.

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

Labour and Co-operative MP Stella Creasy calls on UK politicians to "get their house in order" and repeal the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861 which means that abortion in Northern Ireland is criminalised by life in prison, even in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, rape or incest.

The shocking levels of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime in Britain, show that unless we keep our momentum on LGBT equality, there will be those who feel progress has already gone too far and want to push it back, says Justine Greening MP. 

It is our belief that LGBT people are not asking for special or additional rights, just to be accorded the same dignity, respect and rights as any other citizens, says Foreign Office Minister, Sir Alan Duncan.