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Claims that Online Safety Act curbs free speech ring hollow from platforms that seek to close down criticism
Claims that Online Safety Act curbs free speech ring hollow from platforms that seek to close down criticism
Social affairs
By Imran Ahmed
Scrapping the OSA would ignore the evidence of online harms that organisations like mine have spent years uncovering, from self-harm and suicide promotion to child exploitation
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Baroness Grey-Thompson Partner content
Parliament
By Total Politics Impact
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Baroness Grey-Thompson
The little-known tax tweak proposal that could bury the government’s housebuilding dream Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
The little-known tax tweak proposal that could bury the government’s housebuilding dream
No child left behind: building on progress to end child poverty
Economy
By James Frith MP
No child left behind: building on progress to end child poverty
Protection of playing fields is key to improving our economy and health Partner content
Health
By Sport England
Protection of playing fields is key to improving our economy and health
The gambling industry provides a lifeline for sport and communities
Economy
By Richard Baker MP
The gambling industry provides a lifeline for sport and communities
The Professor Will See You Now: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Foreign affairs
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
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Lib Dem Leader Meets BBC Boss To Complain About Level Of Reform Coverage
Lib Dem Leader Meets BBC Boss To Complain About Level Of Reform Coverage
Political parties
No 10 Host First Influencer Reception As They Step Up Their Digital Strategy
No 10 Host First Influencer Reception As They Step Up Their Digital Strategy
Political parties
Resident Doctors Are 'Not Asking For Enough', Says Train Drivers' Union Leader
Resident Doctors Are "Not Asking For Enough", Says Train Drivers' Union Leader
Health
Labour MPs Urge No 10 To Reconsider Palestine Recognition Amid Hostage Concerns
Labour MPs Urge No 10 To Reconsider Palestine Recognition Amid Hostage Concerns
Foreign affairs
Reform Says Its New Justice Adviser’s View On Trans Prisoners Is Not Party Policy
Reform Says Its New Justice Adviser’s View On Trans Prisoners Is Not Party Policy
Communities
Labour MPs Clash With National Security Adviser Over Palestinian State Recognition
Labour MPs Clash With National Security Adviser Over Palestinian State Recognition
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Rural voters are trusting Labour again – we must not let them down
Environment
By Keir Mather MP
Rural voters are trusting Labour again – we must not let them down
It’s no secret that, over the last decade and a half, the Labour Party has struggled to connect with rural communities. Labour went from 170 rural seats in 1997 to just two in 2019 – a 90 per cent loss in a single generation.
Beauty is as beauty does
Communities
By Andrew Brightwell
Beauty is as beauty does
Can imposing a call for beauty on England’s planning system help fix our places and turn around our pitiful housing shortage? Andrew Brightwell reports
We are more lonely online than ever before
Technology
By Alan White
We are more lonely online than ever before
Years ago, we millennials knew this to be true: social capital was in decline, communities were degrading, and we were getting lonelier.
Abuse of councillors is growing – they shouldn't have to publish their home addresses
Political parties
By Marianne Overton
Abuse of councillors is growing – they shouldn't have to publish their home addresses
Being a councillor is one of the most unique and rewarding roles you can have.
It’s time to revive David Cameron’s Big Society
Communities
By Danny Kruger MP
It’s time to revive David Cameron’s Big Society
The best idea of the Coalition government was the Big Society.
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
Communities
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: potholes
BSA calls for radical change to support first-time homebuyers Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
BSA calls for radical change to support first-time homebuyers
A properly functioning housing market relies on first-time buyers being able to afford to buy a home of their own, and the fact that today many can’t is the biggest problem for the UK’s housing market.
Net Zero: Burden or Opportunity? Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Net Zero: Burden or Opportunity?
Is Net Zero a burden for hard-pressed citizens or an opportunity to stimulate the economy and boost flagging productivity? As Britain’s biggest action on climate change, the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C is a case study that provides answers to the question.
Loneliness kills – we need to find ways to reconnect
Health
By Dr Vivek Murthy
Loneliness kills – we need to find ways to reconnect
We have become a lonely world. Alongside all the benefits of modern culture and technology have come growing loneliness and isolation. This represents a pressing public health threat that all countries must now address.
Closing time: what next for London's pubs?
Communities
By Jimmy McIntosh
Closing time: what next for London's pubs?
Few sectors of industry have taken more of a beating in the last few years than that of the British pub. Jimmy McIntosh has been documenting those in London that have died, and asks what it means for the communities they serve
Women are being prosecuted for terminating pregnancies – it's time to reform cruel abortion law
Social affairs
By Diana Johnson MP
Women are being prosecuted for terminating pregnancies – it's time to reform cruel abortion law
In common with 90 per cent of the UK population, I wholeheartedly support a woman’s right to choose.
After a year of war in Sudan, there are still no safe and legal routes to the UK
Foreign affairs
By Nick Beales
After a year of war in Sudan, there are still no safe and legal routes to the UK
The situation in Sudan, a year after the conflict erupted, is dire. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly eight million people have been displaced, whilst the United Nations characterise the situation as the "world's worst hunger crisis".
Britain cannot stay silent on atrocities in DRC to protect our Rwanda deal
Foreign affairs
By Daniel Kawczynski MP
Britain cannot stay silent on atrocities in DRC to protect our Rwanda deal
Are we really willing to risk our international obligations for the sake of protecting the Rwanda deal?
Retail politics: The battle to ‘save the high street’
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Retail politics: The battle to ‘save the high street’
The battle to ‘save the high street’ has become a staple of UK politics with repeated government-led initiatives. Tali Fraser reports from the front line
Tribute to Lord Rosser – by Baroness Smith
Obituaries
By Baroness Smith of Basildon
Tribute to Lord Rosser – by Baroness Smith
A former trade union general secretary, local magistrate and shadow minister, Richard Rosser was dedicated to improving the lives of working people. A true gentleman, quick witted and great company, no one ever had a bad word to say about him
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
Health
By Lord McFall
Let’s have open conversations about loneliness and mental health in Parliament
Novelist Charles Bukowski once said “real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone”.
Passing The Carer’s Leave Act Partner content
Social affairs
By TSB
Passing The Carer’s Leave Act
After being selected for a Private Members Bill in the 2022 ballot, I knew I wanted to use the opportunity to present something that would directly support people. That is why I chose to present a bill that would help offer carers a little more flexibility while raising awareness surrounding the vital, yet undervalued work that they do.
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Communities
By Harriet Symonds
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Young adults – Britain’s loneliest generation – are shunning an institution that offers connection and meaning. The church’s failure to attract Generation Z is bad for both, finds Harriet Symonds. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
For the past twelve years I have questioned senior civil servants directly accountable to Parliament for spending taxpayers’ money. Much of that time has been examining projects gone awry and vast sums of taxpayers’ money wasted.
'Fascinating': Lord Wallace reviews 'Black Redcoats'
Books & culture
By Lord Wallace of Saltaire
'Fascinating': Lord Wallace reviews 'Black Redcoats'
Matthew Taylor has produced an engrossing study of how thousands of enslaved African-Americans fled to fight with British forces during the 1812 Anglo-American war
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge? Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge?
If you discovered your country was losing up to £78 billion a year, you would want to do something about it, right?

Well, that is how much the UK loses to workplace sickness and ill-health each year.
Why a Labour government may champion citizens' assemblies
Political parties
By Sienna Rodgers and Sophie Church
Why a Labour government may champion citizens' assemblies
With Keir Starmer’s right-hand woman Sue Gray causing a stir with her public support of citizens’ assemblies, Sophie Church and Sienna Rodgers explore why a Labour government might champion deliberative democracy
A gripping story of survival: Jonathan Djanogly reviews 'Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods'
Books & culture
By Jonathan Djanogly MP
A gripping story of survival: Jonathan Djanogly reviews 'Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods'
This shocking film exposes the realities of modern forest combat whilst starkly revealing Ukraine’s urgent need for military support
Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Home affairs
By Nickie Aiken
Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Repealing and replacing the Vagrancy Act with the proposed Criminal Justice Bill will further demonise and criminalise those sleeping rough, simply for the ‘major’ of crime of being “smelly”.
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