The mineral products industry gives people globally “the basics to live confident and secure lives in the future”. They must work with politicians to solve global crises, says the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

GPs have a critical role to play in supporting so many people with mental health problems and, as demand increases, it is more important than ever that the NHS gets this right, says Mind. 

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Beith, a former chair of the Commons Justice Committee, writes in advance of his Lords question on legislation to modernise the courts system. 

The root of this problem lies in miserly funding from the central government, which unnecessarily constrains local councils, making citizens less safe and in the long run less prosperous, says Yasmin Qureshi MP.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that "DCMS has made the right decision" on fixed odds betting terminal (FOBT) stake levels but urges the Chancellor and the Treasury not to delay an already lengthy process, and introduce the new stake levels promptly.

Ministers have a month to make the right call on the future of the UK’s defence before the MDP is published, warns Labour MP Luke Pollard. 

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

Nationwide will prioritise meeting the everyday needs of businesses as it takes steps to enter the business banking market, says Chief Executive, Joe Garner.

SSE's chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies writes about embedding sustainability in the European electricity industry, on the day he addresses the Eurelectrics’s Power Summit in Slovenia.

Former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell expects a parliamentary vote on Heathrow expansion before the Summer recess and says 'the majority of colleagues across the House want to see Heathrow expand for the benefit of the whole country'.

Tramecia Garner, Associate Director for Housing & Residential Programs at US charity, Swords to Plowshares, shares her experiences of working with Veterans Aid as part of the Transatlantic Practice Exchange.

Dods Monitoring's Connor Smart sets out the current challenges for UK defence and predicts 'the way we look at and deal with defence will change and the debate about capability, funding and the ever-present politics will become a more mainstream agenda'. 

The FCA must deliver cap on “sky-high” lending fees to stop the exploitation of customers, says Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Chair, Rachel Reeves MP.

Dods Monitoring’s Bruce Reilly assesses the recent Health and Social Care Committee report on childhood obesity and predicts what is likely to be included in the Government’s refreshed childhood obesity plan, expected imminently.

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

This Menstrual Hygiene Day, on 28 May, have a public conversation about periods: with a colleague, a friend, your family. We can all do something to break this bloody taboo, says Margaret Batty, Director of Global Policy and Campaign, WaterAid.

Responding to Ian Austin's article for Central Lobby, Chris Williamson MP insists Jeremy Corbyn has reconnected the Labour party with ordinary people..

The truth is that Jeremy Corbyn and the hard left have taken over the Labour Party and want to turn it from a mainstream social democratic party into something very different, says Ian Austin MP. 

Baroness Berridge writes for PoliticsHome ahead of her Oral Question today in the House of Lords on ensuring the Commonwealth Communiqué’s commitment to eradicate forced marriage is realised and assessing its inter-relationship with forced conversion.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, who is the first MP of Palestinian descent, writes: "Before it is too late, the UK Government must officially recognise the State of Palestine and give the Palestinian people back some of the hope that has so tragically dwindled".

Ahead of his Ten Minute Rule Motion on terminal illness today, Bambos Charalambous MP says the Government must ensure equal access to community palliative care services for anyone who is terminally ill​.

With the uncertainty of Brexit looming, the government should be supporting its most productive sectors, not waging a war against them. IPSE will be leading the fight against the IR35 reforms – for the good of the self-employed and the economy says Chris Bryce CEO, IPSE.

The "forgotten war" must be forgotten no longer. We cannot continue to stand by and watch the destruction of a country and the murder of so many innocent civilians, says Keith Vaz MP.

Former Grenadier Guardsman Sir Mike Penning MP writes about the abduction and murder of his former Captain, Robert Nairac GC, who was murdered by the IRA 41 years ago, and whose body has never been found.