Easy access to loud fireworks is putting the UK's animals at risk of avoidable pain, suffering, and distress, says Daniella Dos Santos, President, BVA.

The Government is encouraging employers to think differently about disability, aiming to achieve inclusivity and equal opportunity for disabled people in the workplace, writes Therese Coffey MP. 

Whichever candidate prevails as the new Speaker, they will have an important duty to enhance staff wellbeing, writes Dods Monitoring's Guinevere Poncia. 

Government often asks how they can help businesses; the answer is simple: provide clarity over future policy and investment and stick to it, says MPA. 

It is shocking that many basic rights for women and the LGBTQ+ community have not been available to people in Northern Ireland. We must keep campaigning to ensure these long-overdue changes are delivered, despite those who resist, writes Karin Smyth MP.

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

At a critical juncture for the UK, we need self-employment and our flexible labour market to be firing on all cylinders. IPSE’s Manifesto sets out policy recommendations on Brexit, taxation, benefits and broadband that would enable us to do just that. 

David Brown, Chief Executive of Go-Ahead wants to press on with helping the Government build a clean, green network for the 21st century and reposition the bus at the centre of efforts to connect more people, reduce greenhouse gases and drive growth across the country.

Boris Johnson has delivered on the referendum result of 2016 and unified the Conservative Party behind an ambitious domestic agenda; boosting funding to the NHS, education and police, writes Andrew Rosindell MP. 

The UK Parliament made history legislating for ‘net zero emissions’ by 2050; but voters think politicians need to do even more to tackle climate change. Alistair Phillips-Davies, Chief Executive of SSE writes of his hopes that the political verdict on 12 December leads to a ‘green Christmas’.  

A recurring argument for radical climate action is that climate change will affect the world’s poorest regions the hardest. However, what is seldom considered is how efforts towards decarbonising the UK, could perpetuate energy injustices in these same economies, writes Dods Monitoring's, Alexandra Goodwin.

As we head into the next parliamentary session, business really needs to take responsibility for its own future: to clean up its act and tell a new story about the good it creates. Because for now, at least, the politicians are losing the will to fight for it, writes WPI's Sean Worth. 

The Government have promised a series of reforms for the recycling of plastics, but the new system will not come into effect until 2023 - poor recycling rates must improve sooner, writes Baroness Neville-Rolfe. 

Conservative changes to the state pension age disadvantaged 1950's women the most. Free bus travel would benefit many who are in limbo between their working lives and retirement, writes Jim Cunningham MP. 

BVA President, Daniella Dos Santos, calls on all parties to keep up the pressure and give the "crucial principle" of animal sentience it's final push into law.

Local councils need powers over short lets to re-introduce a registration system, a licencing scheme and inspection rights to ensure home owners and neighbours are treated fairly and equally, writes Baroness Gardner. 

The conflict in Yemen has brought the UK arms trade under scrutiny. But Parliament’s main mechanism for overseeing the industry, the Committees on Arms Export Controls, is “paralysed” by problems of its own, writes Guinevere Poncia

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

We must fight plastic pollution and take responsibility for the waste we produce, starting with a fundamental shift away from all single-use food and drink packaging, writes Neil Parish MP. 

As a general election gets closer, Brian Cronin, Group Chief Executive of Your Housing Group urges politicians of all stripes to give serious consideration to a new pensions-backed affordable homes fund. 

Turkey's invasion of north-east Syria is a disaster for global standards on human rights - the UK must move on from the years of inconsistent and indecisive foreign policy and take a stand, writes Lord McConnell. 

Ruth George MP joined industry leaders at the Mineral Products Association’s 2019 Quarries and Nature event, which focused on how the mineral industry is uniquely placed to support the Government’s new environmental pledges.

Police conduct towards investigative journalists seeking to expose the truth of what happened at the Loughinisland massacare was heavy handed and unlawful; it is important that press freedoms are protected, writes David Davis MP.

Waste management companies slipping standards in the storing of waste are having horrendous consequences for local residents, writes Darren Jones MP.