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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.
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
'Timely and disturbing': Sarah Owen reviews 'Lost Boys'
Books & culture
By Sarah Owen MP
'Timely and disturbing': Sarah Owen reviews 'Lost Boys'
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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"
Communities
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Cancer Drug Fund is ‘a victim of its own success’
Health
By Pauline Latham MP
Cancer Drug Fund is ‘a victim of its own success’
Conservative MP Pauline Latham calls for the Cancer Drug Fund to work with drug manufacturers to reduce the prices and to have the drugs that were removed back onto the list.
Bioenergy hailed as ‘low carbon game changer’ Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Bioenergy hailed as ‘low carbon game changer’
Bioenergy has the potential to be a low carbon game changer for the UK’s future energy system, according to a new report from the Energy Technologies Institute.
Tom Brake MP: FOI Laws are 'fundamental to our democracy'
By Rt Hon Tom Brake
Tom Brake MP: FOI Laws are 'fundamental to our democracy'
Former Deputy Leader of the House of Commons & Lib Dem Chief Whip Tom Brake MP writes about his Ten Minute Rule Motion, which seeks to extend the Freedom of Information Act to private companies carrying out public sector work.
Alzheimer’s Society launch new campaign to Fix Dementia Care Partner content
Health
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society launch new campaign to Fix Dementia Care
Alzheimer’s Society calls for better oversight of dementia care in hospitals at the national level.
Donald Trump challenged to identify London no-go areas as MPs consider banning him from UK Partner content
By PoliticsHome
Donald Trump challenged to identify London no-go areas as MPs consider banning him from UK
Labour MP Paul Flynn tells PoliticsHome why banning Donald Trump from the UK would make him a martyr, as he prepares to lead a Parliamentary debate on the issue later today.  
Voters disillusioned by slim Tory majority, new research finds Partner content
By University of Exeter
Voters disillusioned by slim Tory majority, new research finds
Media coverage highlighting the Tories’ slim parliamentary majority makes voters think that the Government can’t have an impact on their lives, University of Exeter researchers have found. 
National Pothole Day - There’s a bumpy road ahead
Transport
By Daniel Zeichner MP
National Pothole Day - There’s a bumpy road ahead
Shadow Transport Minister Daniel Zeichner MP marks National Pothole Day, arguing that George Osborne's 'Permanent Pothole Fund' does not go far enough to reduce Britain's 12 to 15 year road maintenance backlog.
Gordon Marsden MP: Axing student grants won’t bring fairness or sound finance
Education
By Gordon Marsden MP - Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education
Gordon Marsden MP: Axing student grants won’t bring fairness or sound finance
Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education Gordon Marsden MP is against the Government's decision to remove student grants from half a million of England’s most disadvantaged students, replacing them with loans.
Financial Times not objective on FOBTs Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Financial Times not objective on FOBTs
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling responds to a recent article on the gambling sector, which did not sufficiently highlight the issue of addiction to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) faced by vulnerable problem gamblers.
'Perfectly clear that the PM’s renegotiation is of very little consequence'
Foreign affairs
By Peter Bone MP
'Perfectly clear that the PM’s renegotiation is of very little consequence'
Eurosceptic Conservative MP Peter Bone writes about the 'Grassroots Out' campaign, drawing together all of the disparate ‘leave’ groups at a local level, which he believe can deliver victory and 'free our country from the grip of the EU'.
The cost of poor hand hygiene in the NHS
Health
By Nigel Mills MP
The cost of poor hand hygiene in the NHS
Nigel Mills MP blasts the "woefully inadequate" hand hygiene checks in the NHS and calls for action to improve level of compliance.
MPs and campaigners push for English national anthem Partner content
Culture
By England in My Heart
MPs and campaigners push for English national anthem
Support is growing for the introduction of an English national anthem, ahead of today’s parliamentary debate on the issue.
Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’ Partner content
Home affairs
By Law Commission
Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’

New tests should be implemented to determine whether a defendant facing criminal charges is mentally fit to stand trial, according to the Law Commission.
What’s next for nuclear in 2016? Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
What’s next for nuclear in 2016?
The Nuclear Industry Association sets out the challenges for the UK’s civil nuclear industry in 2016.
Excess hours worked cancel out holiday entitlement, new study finds Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Management Institute
Excess hours worked cancel out holiday entitlement, new study finds
Managers are suffering rising stress levels due to an increasing amount of time spent at work, according to the latest Quality of Working Life study from the Chartered Management Institute.
Ensuring children achieve a happy and healthy adulthood
Environment
By Baroness Benjamin
Ensuring children achieve a happy and healthy adulthood
Baroness Benjamin writes ahead of her oral question today in the House of Lords on: 'ensuring that children grow up fit and healthy' in light of recent obesity reports.
Minimum wage increase will push care homes ‘towards the brink’
Health
By Peter Kyle MP
Minimum wage increase will push care homes ‘towards the brink’
Labour MP, Peter Kyle, accuses the Government of having no plan to address the impeding social care crisis and calls for a commitment to dignity for all in later life.
Tory MP calls for relaxed Sunday trading laws after sharp rise in online Xmas shopping Partner content
Economy
By Visa
Tory MP calls for relaxed Sunday trading laws after sharp rise in online Xmas shopping
Conservative MP Luke Hall has argued the rise in online spending over the Christmas period shows the need for the liberalisation of the Sunday trading laws.
Liquefied petroleum gas can help solve London's air quality crisis Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Liquefied petroleum gas can help solve London's air quality crisis
Calor Gas' Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Paul Blacklock writes that London cabs switching to LPG can improve London's air quality and calls on London Mayoral candidates to embrace this option.
Give young people a say in their communities and their future
By Lord Shipley
Give young people a say in their communities and their future
On the day the Cities & Local Government Devolution Bill returns to the Lords, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Shipley calls on the Government to think again on giving 16 and 17 year olds a say in local elections.
John Woodcock: Trident debate will create a deep split within Labour Partner content
Foreign affairs
By PoliticsHome
John Woodcock: Trident debate will create a deep split within Labour
Barrow and Furness MP, John Woodcock, tells PoliticsHome why Labour’s focus on nuclear disarmament is futile and urges the new shadow defence secretary to abandon conspiracy theories.  
New law will help Vets to reunite owners with missing pets Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
New law will help Vets to reunite owners with missing pets
With fewer than 100 days to go until microchipping becomes compulsory for all dogs in England, Scotland and Wales, the British Veterinary Association is urging dog owners to get their pets chipped.
A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education
In an unprecedented move, four select committee chairs have today written a joint letter calling for statutory status for Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman explains why this cause has such support.
Norman Lamb MP: Time to secure a sustainable future for the NHS and social care
Health
Norman Lamb MP: Time to secure a sustainable future for the NHS and social care
Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson and former Care Minister Norman Lamb calls for an independent commission to examine the future of the NHS and social care services.
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