If further urgent changes are not made to the Government’s new benefit, Universal Credit, homelessness will skyrocket and the private rental sector will prove even more resistant to tenants on benefits, says Lib Dem Welfare spokesman Stephen Lloyd MP.

British Veterinary Association (BVA) President John Fishwick speaks to PoliticsHome about the challenges facing the veterinary profession, ahead of a photography exhibition in Parliament this week, which offers parliamentarians a unique insight into vets’ working lives.

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

Organ Donation campaign tells Londoners that ‘Words Save Lives’.

Baroness Cox says that many Syrians are deeply concerned by the UK’s continued commitment to impose a transition of power, including the removal of President Assad.

Roger Godsiff MP calls on the government to sanction the IRGC because the "hard-line paramilitary force" is not a legitimate security force of the Iranian nation.

Former Care Minister Norman Lamb MP repeats calls for a cross-party review of the health and social care funding settlement, to ensure it is sustainable in the longer term following news this week that tens of thousands of patients will have their operations delayed.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling comments on a news story about gambling type apps appearing on social media, which raised concerns that children are being exposed to 'a risk of addiction'.

World wide disquiet about Russian interference in Western democracies has cracked the debate wide open, exposing once and for all the total inadequacy of today’s legislation, says Shadow DCMS Minister Liam Byrne MP.

Sarah Carpenter, Head of Health at Unite the Union, which has 100,000 members in the health service, writes that the extra £350 million earmarked for the NHS in the Budget was 'woefully inadequate’.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock offers a potential solution to control freedom of movement into the UK and to retain access to the single market of 500 million consumers.

Bitcoin poses a series of challenges, but we need to recognise the transformative potential of blockchain writes John Mann MP

A new strategy to help kids with alcoholic parents could be a New Year’s lifeline for thousands experiencing what I and so many others have gone through, says Jon Ashworth MP.

Toff and other young supporters and activists like her, with an ability to engage with people in a different way, have to be a part of our plans for the future, says Ben Bradley MP.

2018 might be the year that the Companies House processes are reviewed to stop someone’s previous gender being outed because of a form they’ve completed in the past says Nicky Morgan MP.

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

This Conservative Government is putting all of us at greater risk by ignoring advice of senior police leaders, says former Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lord Paddick.

The number of people spending Christmas on the heart transplant waiting list is 24% higher than it was last Christmas, says NHS Blood and Transplant.

The Gambia has new politicians and a public that sees the potential of a fresh start for their country, says Ian Murray MP.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling asks questions about the effectiveness of the Multi-Operator Self Exclusion Scheme (MOSES) operated by bookmakers.

Just because Theresa May has interpreted Brexit to mean leaving the Customs Union doesn’t mean that she has a mandate to do so, says Chris Leslie MP.

SNP MP Ronnie Cowan has joined calls for the Government to introduce a legal duty of care for financial service providers – such as banks and building societies – to exercise towards their customers when the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill returns to the Commons in the New Year.

Giving powers to our towns and counties to shape their own destiny too can help engender partnership, not competition with our cities, says Mike Amesbury MP.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock tells Liz Bates that the Government has run out of excuses over its lack of support for struggling steel communities.