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I do not support Palestine Action - but proscribing it as a terrorist organisation is intellectually bankrupt

I do not support Palestine Action - but proscribing it as a terrorist organisation is intellectually bankrupt

16 Jul Social affairs

It wasn’t easy to vote against my government on the motion to proscribe Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist’ group.

Closed shopfronts open the door for Reform

16 Jul Communities

Closed shopfronts open the door for Reform

Disabled people must be placed at the heart of employability reforms

16 Jul Social affairs

Disabled people must be placed at the heart of employability reforms

'Timely and disturbing': Sarah Owen reviews 'Lost Boys'

16 Jul Books & culture

'Timely and disturbing': Sarah Owen reviews 'Lost Boys'

UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth

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16 Jul Education

UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth

Putting GPs at the heart of the NHS

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16 Jul Health

Putting GPs at the heart of the NHS

Lord Maude reviews 'The Art of Delivery'

15 Jul Books & culture

Lord Maude reviews 'The Art of Delivery'

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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

14 Jul 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

13 Jul Defence

Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary

Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary

10 Jul 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

12 Jul Health

Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions

Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions

16 Jul 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"

13 Jul Communities

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Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny

15 Dec 2015 Health

Changes to student nursing finance must not be 'nodded through' parliament without full debate and scrutiny

Labour MP for Ilford North, Wes Streeting, writes following his adjournment debate on finance for student nurses and midwives following changes announced in the Autumn Statement.

Cuts to TFL budget could prompt fare rises and compromise safety, MP warns

15 Dec 2015 Transport

Cuts to TFL budget could prompt fare rises and compromise safety, MP warns

Labour’s Gareth Thomas speaks to PoliticsHome on the impact the Chancellor’s cuts will have on the London Transport network.

Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Director of Education and Training, Julia Brannan, tells PoliticsHome why the absence of a common bar for solicitors in the UK is harming the industry.

5 children per constituency: UK must protect 'vulnerable' unaccompanied refugee children

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14 Dec 2015 Foreign affairs

5 children per constituency: UK must protect 'vulnerable' unaccompanied refugee children

CEO of Save the Children, Justin Forsyth, warns that unaccompanied refugee children are being targeted for exploitation and abuse, and calls upon the UK to do its 'fair share' in offering them asylum.

It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales

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14 Dec 2015 Communities

It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales

The President of the British Humanist Association writes on why the legalisation of humanist marriages is long overdue.

Hauliers pull together to help Cumbria flood victims

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11 Dec 2015 Transport

Hauliers pull together to help Cumbria flood victims

UK freight operators have joined in efforts to assist thousands of homeless families affected by the Cumbrian floods.

Talking trees and the country we want to be in Westminster Hall

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11 Dec 2015 Environment

Talking trees and the country we want to be in Westminster Hall

Head of Government Affairs for the Woodland Trust, James Cooper, writes following yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on the Protection of Ancient Woodland and Trees

Channel 4 is 'a great Thatcherite success' and should not be sold off

11 Dec 2015 Culture

Channel 4 is 'a great Thatcherite success' and should not be sold off

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Grender writes following her Parliamentary question on 'Estimating the financial gains from privatising Channel 4'.

Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World

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11 Dec 2015 Health

Training for health professionals needed to improve health in pregnancy, says Slimming World

The opportunity to deliver key health messages to pregnant women is being consistently missed, a new report warns.

Celebrating Designated Drivers at Christmas

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10 Dec 2015 Economy

Celebrating Designated Drivers at Christmas

The Vice President and General Manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises GB, Leendert den Hollander highlights the importance of the recently launched Designated Driver campaign, reducing drink driving on Britain's roads over the festive season.

The Senet Group has no FOBT opinion

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10 Dec 2015 Culture

The Senet Group has no FOBT opinion

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling criticises of the role of the Senet Group and its objective to change the gambling culture to reduce the impact FOBTs have on young men specifically.

It’s not always about the beer - MPs show support for UK pubs

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10 Dec 2015 Culture

It’s not always about the beer - MPs show support for UK pubs

MPs nominate their favourite pub food for the first ever Parliamentary Pub Chef awards.

UK universities prevented from recruiting overseas students

10 Dec 2015 Education

UK universities prevented from recruiting overseas students

Ahead of his question in Parliament today, Lord Clement-Jones calls for the Government to rethink the “subjective and unfair” visa tests currently dissuading overseas students from studying in the UK.

Older workers crucial to curbing construction industry skills gap – new report

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09 Dec 2015 Economy

Older workers crucial to curbing construction industry skills gap – new report

The construction industry’s skills gap could be filled by older workers but employers are failing to realise their potential, a new report has found.

Give willing UK families a chance to foster refugee children

09 Dec 2015 Foreign affairs

Give willing UK families a chance to foster refugee children

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron calls for the Government to provide a sanctuary for unaccompanied migrant children already in Europe.

Protecting Britain’s tourism industry in the wake of the Paris attacks

09 Dec 2015 Economy

Protecting Britain’s tourism industry in the wake of the Paris attacks

Conservative MP Ian Liddell-Grainger outlines the lessons that can be learned from Paris on how to protect the UK’s tourism industry from the fear that is created by terrorist attacks.

New Black Friday spending figures show e-commerce surging ahead of the high street

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08 Dec 2015 Economy

New Black Friday spending figures show e-commerce surging ahead of the high street

While shopping online continues to grow in popularity, the high street is still taking a hit, according to new figures from Visa Europe.

John Healey: Even Tories think Cameron’s housing policy is ‘stupid economics’

08 Dec 2015 Communities

John Healey: Even Tories think Cameron’s housing policy is ‘stupid economics’

Shadow Housing Minister John Healey describes widespread acknowledgment in Parliament that the Government’s housing strategy is “stupid economics” but “clever politics” and urges the Labour Party to unite and hold Cameron to account.

Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty

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08 Dec 2015 Health

Alastair Campbell: Time to turn up the heat on poverty

Former Labour Party spin doctor and mental health campaigner Alastair Campbell explains why he is backing the Turn2us No Cold Homes initiative

A clearer path to parking-free pavements: Government responds to Pavement Parking Bill

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08 Dec 2015 Transport

A clearer path to parking-free pavements: Government responds to Pavement Parking Bill

Ellen Buckerfield of Guide Dogs responds to progress of Simon Hoare MP’s private member’s bill following its debate in Parliament on Friday 4 December.

Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis

08 Dec 2015 Health

Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis

Ian Austin MP calls for the Government to see cystic fibrosis treatments as the opportunity to test out new ways of assessing medicines being discussed as part of Science Minister George Freeman’s Accelerated Access Review.

Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’

08 Dec 2015 Health

Shunting mentally ill round the country is ‘intolerable national scandal’

Writing for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the former mental health minister insists a political commitment is needed to address the “inhumane” treatment of those with mental health issues.

Disabled people deserve a better deal on public transport

07 Dec 2015 Transport

Disabled people deserve a better deal on public transport

Shadow transport minister Daniel Zeichner says Tory cuts are leaving disabled people isolated from medical help and employment.

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

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05 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

Misconduct in public office is a common law offence, but the existing rules have come under fire from the legal profession, prompting calls for their revision.

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