The Ministry of Justice has had the highest cuts of any department –40%- and the impact of cuts on this scale is simply unsustainable, says Karen Buck MP.

Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Fairhead, writes about the importance of the UK's new Export Strategy.

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

It is time to consider excessive social media use to be the next great public health challenge facing our nation. Labour will not let our children down, says Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jon Ashworth MP.

ETI programme manager, Geraint Evans looks at why it is important that CCS is part of the future UK energy system and the policy signals needed to create a market for this valuable, decarbonising technology.

Our Party has lost 16,000 members in the first quarter of 2018 alone. Clearly Chris Williamson doesn't care about what this means for ending this Tory Government which should be our sole focus after eight years of damage to the fabric of our society, says Neil Coyle MP.

It's time so-called 'moderates' got behind plans to democratise the Labour party and stopped dismissing them as dangerous, says Derby North MP Chris Williamson.

YPO's Lizzy Grayson discusses how the apprenticeship levy affects both high and low paid job roles.

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

ETI Energy Storage & Distribution programme manager, Rebecca Sweeney looks at the role of energy storage within the network and which energy types or vectors (such as electricity, gas, hydrogen) need focus to help the UK adapt to a low carbon future.

The poorest and the most vulnerable, those with the least power, are the most likely to be trapped in substandard accommodation, says Karen Buck MP.  

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Exiting the European Union Tom Brake, asks MPs reading the first batch of 'No deal' impact papers, how they can support this option if they know it will weaken the UK economy and increase the cost of living.

A new survey has revealed that 7 in 10 think prices would rise and say they would change consumer behaviour if no deal is reached

The British Safety Council welcomed the challenge to the government that a failure to address the risk to life posed by flammable external cladding, similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower, is a breach of human rights. 

The Justice Select Committee Chair Bob Neill hopes the report into HMP Birmingham provides the wake-up call the UK prison system so desperately needs. 

Board of Trade Adviser and former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt welcomes the UK's new Export Strategy launched today by International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, with a national ambition to raise exports to 35% of GDP.

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

SNP Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Hannah Bardell MP, writes about what motivated her to set up the APPG for Deaths Abroad and Consular Services. She calls on the Foreign Secretary to attend the next APPG evidence session and hear first-hand how resources and training at the FCO need to be improved.

Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter writes following the Westminster attack this week; that it should act as a wake-up call to the Government to “invest more in the police service and put measures in place to protect the people who protect us”.

All those with diabetes deserve a painless, non-invasive way of glucose testing on the NHS, says Jenny Hirst MBE, Co-chair of the InDependent Diabetes Trust. 

The CEO of consumer organisation Which? writes with concerns over a final Brexit deal or worse still, no deal. He argues that "the success of Brexit will ultimately be judged by how it affects all of us in our everyday lives".

Last week in Saada province in Yemen a bombing raid by the Saudi-Emirati led coalition – British allies – killed at least 29 children while they were sat on their school bus. We must call on the Prime Minister to vocally condemn this attack and to use all of our leverage to influence all sides to immediately engage in the Geneva peace process in September, says Labour MP Keith Vaz. 

The number of business lenders in the UK have exploded since 2008, but business lenders are not regulated and there is a lack of transparency about their offers, says Jennifer Tankard, Chief Executive, Responsible Finance. 

The Head of Diversity & Inclusion Programmes at Innovate UK launches a second round of Women in Innovation awards, which seek to fund up to eight ideas from female founders, co-founders or senior decision makers, that address the four grand challenges posed by government’s Industrial Strategy, covering: AI and the data economy, clean growth, future of mobility, and ageing society.