A group of prominent back-bench MPs considered how to improve the quality of the built environment with the Chartered Institute of Building at Conservative Conference.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, Treasury Minister Jesse Norman MP said the political process makes tax reforms difficult.

Everyone has a right to make independent decisions over their reproductive health without interference by the state, and that access to reproductive healthcare is a human right, say Layla Moran MP. 

Speaking at the IET's Conservative Party Conference fringe event, Vicky Ford MP said that “technologies are going to be a key part" in tackling climate change.

The targeted bullying and harrassment of women MPs in the Labour Party is an attempt to silence us and keep us out of the public sphere, writes Helen Jones MP. 

The UK Parliament must take into account a country's human rights record when seeking new trade deals after Brexit, ensuring the strong human rights considerations built into EU trade agreements are continued, writes Lord Harries.

We need to strengthen public policy on women's mental health through laws that safeguard and support community wellbeing services, writes Wera Hobhouse MP. 

Financial pressures facing pharmacies since 2016 due to Government spending cuts have been fatal to community pharmacies across the country, with many operating at a loss, or being forced to close, writes Holly Lynch MP.

Speaking at the Institute for Government panel, sponsored by the Association for Project Management at Conservative Party Conference, Jesse Norman MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury said that “Government can manage, if it’s properly structured and phased, well run IT projects and automation projects for the public good."

Speaking at an event hosted by Conservative Home in association with the FMB, CPRE the Countryside Charity, and the National Housing Federation, Esther McVey made it clear she saw industry innovations as key to reaching Government's new homes pledge.

Speaking at Nationwide's Conservative Conference event, Jake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, said that “the death of the high street is exaggerated”.

A grassroots-led approach to upskilling can help the financial sector prepare for technological change, industry experts have said.

Rachel Reeves MP noted that many people became self-employed after the financial crisis at IPSE's Labour Conference event. 

The government must provide extra funding to help support vulnerable people going through the criminal justice system, a group of top legal experts has said.

In five years time, leasehold and commonhold reform should enable fairer lease-rental and exploitative freeholders should have no forum to raise costs for leaseholders, writes Peter Bottomley MP. 

The British public is weary of wars and quite rightly afraid of the growing threat of nuclear war, says Emma Dent Coat MP. 

The Government's policy on single use plastic should go further to; change public attitudes, introduce a plastic taxation, and encourage urgent further research into recycling plastics, writes Lord Robathan.

Sellafield Ltd, operator of the UK’s largest nuclear facility, is working alongside partners, including the public sector, to help improve education outcomes as part of its social impact strategy.

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Not having full access to the ‘Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed’ is about more than trade, it will mean less data on food safety issues, writes Lord Rooker.

The Prime Minister has promised to recruit another 20,000 police officers, but they will not replace those lost under his two Tory predecessors, writes Lord Harris of Haringey.

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

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