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Genomics can transform the NHS – but not at the cost of our national security
Genomics can transform the NHS – but not at the cost of our national security
Health
By Gregory Stafford MP
As someone who spent most of my career in the NHS and wider healthcare system before entering Parliament, I have seen first-hand the extraordinary potential of early diagnosis and personalised treatment.
The government should be bolder on its election reforms
Parliament
By Phil Brickell MP
The government should be bolder on its election reforms
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
Education
By Lord Blunkett and Sarah Smith MP
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
Sowing the seeds for growth Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
Sowing the seeds for growth
I do not support Palestine Action – but proscribing it as a terrorist organisation is intellectually bankrupt
Social affairs
By Lord Hain
I do not support Palestine Action – but proscribing it as a terrorist organisation is intellectually bankrupt
Closed shopfronts open the door for Reform
Communities
By Nick Plumb
Closed shopfronts open the door for Reform
Disabled people must be placed at the heart of employability reforms
Social affairs
By Richard Baker MP
Disabled people must be placed at the heart of employability reforms
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Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Parliament
UK Space Commander: 'Highly Likely' First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
UK Space Commander: "Highly Likely" First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
Defence
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
'Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined': MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
"Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined": MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
Health
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Political parties
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The "Modern Internet Age"
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Communities Minister hails eight month high in UK spending growth Partner content
Economy
By Visa
Communities Minister hails eight month high in UK spending growth
Communities Minister Marcus Jones has today welcomed new figures, which show that annual growth in UK consumer spending has hit its highest level in eight months. 
Air Passenger Duty must remain fair and consistent across the UK
Transport
By Henry Smith MP
Air Passenger Duty must remain fair and consistent across the UK
Crawley MP Henry Smith calls on the Chancellor to reduce Air Passenger Duty in the next Budget to counteract plans which the Scottish Government has to use new powers to reduce APD by 50% in Scotland.
Richard Burden MP: It is time for the Government to act on sustainable jet fuel
Transport
By Richard Burden MP, Shadow Transport Minister
Richard Burden MP: It is time for the Government to act on sustainable jet fuel
Shadow Transport Minister Richard Burden MP calls on the Government to fund 'innovative projects to get to commercial scale and to build confidence in emerging technologies' on cleaner jet fuel.
Public calls for independent solicitors regulator 'overwhelming' - research Partner content
Home affairs
By Solicitors Regulation Authority
Public calls for independent solicitors regulator 'overwhelming' - research
New research has revealed "strong public support" for separating legal regulators from professional bodies.
George Osborne urged to abandon fuel duty escalator in order to meet air quality targets Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
George Osborne urged to abandon fuel duty escalator in order to meet air quality targets
The Government is being urged to remove the fuel duty escalator on Liquid Petroleum Gas, in order to meet its air quality targets.
Baroness Thomas: 'Disabled people are having their independence snatched away'
Economy
By Baroness Thomas of Winchester
Baroness Thomas: 'Disabled people are having their independence snatched away'
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Thomas writes that new DWP disability assessments might well deprive people of their independence and increase, not decrease, the unemployment rate for the disabled.
Tom Brake MP: Ending rail rip-offs must not be delayed
Transport
By Rt Hon Tom Brake
Tom Brake MP: Ending rail rip-offs must not be delayed
Tom Brake MP says "passengers who have suffered a shambolic train service for decades" should not have to wait until 2021 to see improvements in London's suburban rail network service.
FOBT crime and money-laundering - there is a lot of it about! Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
FOBT crime and money-laundering - there is a lot of it about!
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is concerned that not enough is being done to prevent vulnerable problem gamblers from becoming addicted to using Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) ahead of the DCMS Triennial Review consultation.
'I want to open our environment to new people' - Defra Secretary Partner content
Environment
By Dods Monitoring
'I want to open our environment to new people' - Defra Secretary
Environment Secretary Liz Truss calls for the modernisation of Defra and an open data revolution across Whitehall.
More transparency needed over Scotland finance deal
Economy
By Ian Murray MP
More transparency needed over Scotland finance deal
Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray argues Scotland's finance deal could be "on the rocks" and should be laid out in the open.
Individual Voter Registration undermines the democratic process itself
By Siobhain McDonagh MP
Individual Voter Registration undermines the democratic process itself
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh MP writes ahead of her Ten Minute Rule Motion seeking to redress the 1.8% drop in electoral registration nationally which is as high as 13% in some student towns and cities.
My Constituency has a fuel poverty problem
Environment
By Derek Thomas MP
My Constituency has a fuel poverty problem
The MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly calls on the Government to invest 'a modest level of capital infrastructure funding' in an energy efficiency programme, to deliver economic and health benefits, ahead of his debate today on fuel poverty.
Cycling must be part of an effective transport policy
Culture
By Chris Green MP
Cycling must be part of an effective transport policy
Conservative MP Chris Green writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on 'Government investment in cycling'.
'Adequate' mobile phone signal is not good enough for users
Culture
By Alistair Carmichael MP
'Adequate' mobile phone signal is not good enough for users
Former Secretary of State for Scotland writes ahead of presenting his 'Mobile Telecommunications Network Coverage Bill' in Parliament today which calls on mobile phone providers to improve their service provision, which is barely adequate in some parts of the UK.
More than 4 million older people worried about heating their homes - research Partner content
Health
By Age UK
More than 4 million older people worried about heating their homes - research
Over a third of older people – 4.1 million individuals over 65 – are worried about the cost of heating their homes this winter, according to new research for Age UK.
Betting shops and money laundering - are high street bookmakers safe? Partner content
Culture
By Association of British Bookmakers
Betting shops and money laundering - are high street bookmakers safe?
CEO of the Association of British Bookmakers, Malcolm George, explains why high street bookmakers are "the safest places to gamble in the UK."
For Carbon Capture the future looks anything but green
Environment
By Lord Teverson
For Carbon Capture the future looks anything but green
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Teverson writes following his Lords question this week on the UK's potential for the development of carbon capture and storage.
It's time for this Government to belt up and take off on airport expansion
Transport
By Catherine McKinnell MP
It's time for this Government to belt up and take off on airport expansion
The Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North argues ahead of her Westminster Hall debate today that the best way to support regional airports is to increase UK airport capacity and calls on the Government to make a clear decision now.
Gender Pricing: Labour’s outspoken new MP tackles ‘tax on being a woman’
Home affairs
By Elizabeth Bates
Gender Pricing: Labour’s outspoken new MP tackles ‘tax on being a woman’
Labour MP for Dewsbury Paula Sherriff tells PoliticsHome why unfair price differences between male and female products must end
Delaying UK airport expansion ‘could threaten economic recovery,’ campaign chief warns Partner content
Transport
By London First
Delaying UK airport expansion ‘could threaten economic recovery,’ campaign chief warns
Let Britain Fly Director, Gavin Hayes, urges the Government not to let short-term political considerations halt progress on Britain’s much needed new runway
'​National disgrace' to 'remarkable renaissance': how localism will revive our waterways Partner content
Environment
By Canal and Rivers Trust
'​National disgrace' to 'remarkable renaissance': how localism will revive our waterways
Canal & River Trust Chairman, Allan Leighton, says community engagement is key to maintaining the waterways of England and Wales. 
Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals
Forty-three per cent of education staff have faced physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
Safer in Somalia? It's time to end London's street violence
Home affairs
By Chuka Umunna
Safer in Somalia? It's time to end London's street violence
Chuka Umunna MP says the continued violence experienced by vulnerable youth in the capital is ‘a damming indictment of the situation on London’s streets’ and calls for more to be done to prevent ‘these tragic deaths.’
Calls for 200m new trees to protect UK against floods Partner content
Environment
By Confor
Calls for 200m new trees to protect UK against floods
MPs and peers are set to consider how planting trees could help to prevent flooding, as families across the UK continue to deal with the aftermath of the latest bout of extreme weather. 
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