Director of Women’s Football at The Football Association, Baroness Sue Campbell CBE, writes about the FA's desire to shift the balance and make football more inclusive.

Did anyone think Theresa May could end up having a worse Tory conference than last year?

Shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, looks at a new report from the Fire Brigades Union on Grenfell and what needs to be learned from the background of an atrocity.

Vince Cable has proposed radical reforms to the Lib Dem membership system in a bid to find the next Emmanuel Macron. But what do party members really think? 

Britain is, by common consent, in the middle of its greatest political crisis since the Second World War.

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

As the UK government is urged by a cross party group of MPs to introduce new carbon reduction targets that will deliver net zero emissions by 2050, ETI chief engineer, Andrew Haslett discusses why it is important that the UK focuses on a balanced and blended approach to the low carbon technologies across the whole energy system to deliver a sustainable UK future.

Independent Age is urging the government to introduce a social care contribution aligned to a commitment to provide free personal care, in order to help improve social care for older people, now and in the future. 

Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron MP reflects on recent reports that over a dozen asylum seekers have been waiting for more than twenty years for a Home Office decision, during which they couldn’t work, earn or plan for the future.

BANT is concerned that the food industry is taking advantage of regulatory loopholes to reformulate their products, especially using glycemic Maltodextrin.

Our children are simply not getting the support they need to ensure an equal education to their hearing peers, says the Chair of the APPG on Deafness, Jim Fitzpatrick MP.

A liberalised, open and rules-based global trading system will bring home benefits for us all, says Minister of State for Trade Policy, George Hollingbery MP.

The next Labour government needs to focus all of its energy on solving the problems which are holding back the supply of new homes, says Emma Reynolds MP.

Ahead of his question in the House of Lords, the Bishop of St Albans writes about the increasing prevalence of gambling advertising, as reported in the Gambling Commission’s 'Review of online gambling'.

In FMB’s latest House Builders’ Survey, more SME house builders said that they expect skills shortages will be more of a constraint than access to finance over the next three years, says Brian Berry, Chief Executive, FMB.

We must be aware that thousands of ex-service personnel may be suffering alone with mental health problems and risks of increased violent behaviour, says Madeleine Moon MP.

Innovate UK's Deputy Executive Chair and Chief Business Officer Mike Biddle writes about how central R&D funding will address the four ‘grand challenges’ identified in the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy, namely: AI and the data-driven economy; clean growth; the future of mobility; and ageing society.

Rt Revd Rachel Treweek warns that although "there will always be some women for whom prison is the most appropriate place, it is simply illogical to subject thousands of women to the prison system."

Labour's Shadow Minister for Children and Families, Emma Lewell-Buck, writes ahead of her parliamentary debate on funeral poverty and argues 'no one should ever have to endure the agony of worrying about funeral costs at the same time as grieving'.

Out of the torrent of bad legislation introduced by the Tories, for sheer nastiness, coupled with spectacular incompetence, the Welfare Reform Act 2012, also supported by the coalition Lib Dems, takes the prize, says Hugh Gaffney MP. 

It’s not for nothing that blood cancer is often referred to as the hidden cancer. It doesn’t have anything like the public profile of prostate cancer or breast cancer, despite killing more people every year, says Gemma Peters, CEO, Bloodwise.

Digital technology charity, Good Things Foundation, publishes a new report 'Bridging the Digital Divide' and launches a campaign to equip 100% of UK citizens with digital skills by 2028. The benefits and cost savings will see the UK reaping rewards of £15 for every £1 spent.

Labour frontbench peer Lord Hunt writes about his parliamentary question on 'Ensuring that all former Ministers seek advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments before taking up appointments within two years of leaving ministerial office'. 

There are warning signs that point to a growing mental health crisis for young people in particular, yet the Government’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper this year did little to address these specific needs, says Paula Sherriff MP.