SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business is bringing together our industry leading experts and best in class partners, including government, local and national transport authorities, city councils, transport providers, network operators, data providers, charities, academia and vehicle manufacturers to optimise UK transport systems.

Working together, Government, the church, heritage bodies and charities such as the National Churches Trust, can ensure that churches play a vital role in the life and well-being of people for many years to come.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable sets out why local elections next week offer an opportunity to send a message to Theresa May on Brexit; why his party has already contacted 300,000 UK based EU Citizens and helped more than 6,000 people register to vote. 

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

Labour seem to be on course to paint London red once again, but if the last few years have taught us anything, no election is a foregone conclusion, says Dods Monitoring Consultant, Kerri Blyberg. 

PoliticsHome looks at this week's local by-elections and predicts who's in, who's out, who's lost the plot.

Today, Baroness Jenkin will be asking the Health Minister to work with The Daily Mile to promote and deliver the initiative to schools nationally.  

30 years after the murder of Helen McCourt, Conor McGinn calls for a legal change, to prevent killers being released from jail if they fail to reveal the whereabouts of their victim’s body.

Far from providing the strength and stability we were promised, all we’ve seen is weakness and failure, says Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, writes that the UK will continue to prioritise public health after Brexit: 'Protecting and improving public health is part of our national DNA and our current and future trading partners will expect us to continue to prioritise health'.

There have been repeated failings in the use of force against mental health patients says Steve Reed MP, as he writes about the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill, the Private Members Bill he has sponsored.

As Commonwealth Heads of Government meet, Baroness Sheehan calls for increased investment in malaria surveillance for a smarter approach to beating the disease.

The Early Access to Medicines Scheme was launched in 2014 to help patients in need get faster access to new treatments. Four years in, is the initiative going as planned? The House magazine recently hosted a roundtable with leading figures from the healthcare industry to discuss.

I agree with many of the views expressed by organisations with whom we have ideological differences, that fur labelling falls significantly short of what consumers expect. Together with MPs we all have a responsibility to put this right, says Mike Moser, Chief Executive, British Fur Trade Association. 

Ahead of her Westminster Hall debate on the sale of energy drinks to children, Anna Turley calls for a complete ban of the sale of energy drinks to under 16s.

Overweight children are five times more likely to become overweight adults, leading to life-threatening diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, writes Baroness Walmsley.

Diabetes UK's Helen Dickens writes that while good progress has been made by the soft drink industry to reduce sugar in products, there is still a great deal that MPs and the Government can do to help tackle the obesity crisis and begin turning the tide on weight related chronic illness.  

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Chair Neil Parish MP writes in advance of his debate on Reducing fly-tipping, with in excess of 1 million cases reported in 2017 in England alone.

What does it mean to be mutual? Formally, there is the ownership structure, with customers as member-owners of the business. However, mutuality goes much deeper, affecting how and why an organisation functions, says Andrew Gall, Chief Economist, BSA.

Rick Henderson, Chief Executive of national homelessness membership body, Homeless Link, highlights the impact of recent welfare reforms on young people, and why gathering evidence on youth homelessness causes, trends and support is vital if we are to prevent and end the problem for good.

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

Simon Evans from SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business writes about the vital role played by immersive technology is helping to not only create a data-driven economy in the UK, but transforming construction and maximising clean growth across the country.  

Although some may dismiss pay gap news stories as promoting equality for equality’s sake, closing the gender pay gap is economically valuable to everyone, not just to women, says Dods Monitoring Content Specialist, Rosie Lythgoe-Cheetham.

PoliticsHome looks at this week's local council by-elections and predicts who's in, who's out, who's lost the plot.