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The Professor Will See You Now: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
The Professor Will See You Now: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Foreign affairs
By Professor Philip Cowley
Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: what's in a politician's name?
Without a successful NHS App, the NHS itself could fail
Health
By Ryan Wain
Without a successful NHS App, the NHS itself could fail
The UK's Palestine recognition pledge makes the return of hostages less likely
Foreign affairs
By Adrian Cohen
The UK's Palestine recognition pledge makes the return of hostages less likely
MPs should use the holidays to reconnect with nature
Environment
By Paul de Zylva
MPs should use the holidays to reconnect with nature
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
From misunderstanding to momentum: a new vision for type 1 diabetes care Partner content
Health
By Sanofi
From misunderstanding to momentum: a new vision for type 1 diabetes care
If anything, the Online Safety Act doesn't go far enough
Social affairs
By Chris Sherwood
If anything, the Online Safety Act doesn't go far enough
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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
Donald Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan A 'Nasty Person'
Donald Trump Calls London Mayor Sadiq Khan A "Nasty Person"
Foreign affairs
'We’re Too Nice': Lib Dems Eye Reform Tactics to Sharpen Their Message
"We’re Too Nice": Lib Dems Eye Reform Tactics to Sharpen Their Message
Political parties
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The banality of evil: Lord Pickles reviews 'The Zone of Interest'
Books & culture
By Lord Pickles
The banality of evil: Lord Pickles reviews 'The Zone of Interest'
Featuring strong, nuanced performances, Jonathan Glazer’s film is a brilliant and chilling depiction of how the Holocaust happened in plain sight
Plugging the skills gap: Reforming the apprenticeship levy to grow a green economy Partner content
Education
By Mitie
Plugging the skills gap: Reforming the apprenticeship levy to grow a green economy
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week next week, Jasmine Hudson, Chief People Officer at Mitie, discusses how reforming the Apprenticeship Levy to allow for more flexible and shorter courses can help plug the UK’s green skills gap
Lords Diary – Lord Kirkhope
Home affairs
By Lord Kirkhope
Lords Diary – Lord Kirkhope
From Conservative infighting over Rwanda to chairing webinars on AI regulation and UK-EU co-operation
Screens in schools are harming our children
Education
By Sophie Winkleman
Screens in schools are harming our children
"There’s clear scientific evidence that digital tools impair rather than enhance student learning”.
Betty Boothroyd's last speech
Political parties
By Sir Nicolas Bevan
Betty Boothroyd's last speech
Westminster gathered to celebrate the life of Betty, Baroness Boothroyd “the gold standard for Speakers” earlier this month. Her memorial service heard she wanted to “go out with a bang not a whimper” with a final speech but her health had failed before it could be delivered. Here her former secretary Sir Nicolas Bevan introduces that last address
Being there for every child Partner content
Foreign affairs
By UNICEF UK
Being there for every child
How we can create a brighter future at home and abroad
Miriam Cates interview: 'Marriage is essentially meaningless if it is easy to get out of'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Miriam Cates interview: 'Marriage is essentially meaningless if it is easy to get out of'
Conservative MP Miriam Cates talks to Sienna Rodgers about population collapse, plus why she thinks all surrogacy should be outlawed and no-fault divorce was a ‘mistake’
Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable
Communities
By Justine Smith
Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable
Demand is rising, costs are spiralling and profit-maximising private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling in. The children’s care business is a huge policy failure that is dragging councils towards bankruptcy but, as Justine Smith reports, it is vulnerable children that are the real victims.

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'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
My Swansea, my youth: a love affair
History
By Lord Anderson of Swansea
My Swansea, my youth: a love affair
Dylan Thomas’ description of his home city as an “ugly lovely town” is right on both counts. Others describe Swansea as a series of villages held together by gossip. 
The Professor Will See You Now: Too Few Elections
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Too Few Elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: on there being too few elections
H2 101: Why hydrogen and why now? Partner content
Environment
By High Value Manufacturing Catapult
H2 101: Why hydrogen and why now?
Net Zero is driving global industrial transformation which presents an opportunity for the UK to secure its position as a net zero powerhouse. In hydrogen, there is significant opportunity for the UK to invest strategically to become truly world leading and ensure that UK technology powers the global hydrogen economy.
Attacks on lawyers: politicians should know better Partner content
Communities
By Bar Council
Attacks on lawyers: politicians should know better
The ‘Better Call Keir’ meme published by CCHQ, and taken up in some newspapers, is just the latest in a round of lawyer-baiting that now sadly seems a regular part of pre-election tussles focussed on the Leader of the Opposition’s professional past as a practising barrister.
Patients must know whether or not their medic is a biological woman
Health
By Baroness Hayter
Patients must know whether or not their medic is a biological woman
The Lords raise their voices – and something happens.
There is a solution to Lord Cameron facing scrutiny, but it cannot become the norm
Parliament
By Karen Bradley MP
There is a solution to Lord Cameron facing scrutiny, but it cannot become the norm
Former prime minister David Cameron’s return to frontline politics caught everyone by surprise.
A new wave of moon exploration will rely on UK know-how
Transport
By Lord Willetts
A new wave of moon exploration will rely on UK know-how
There will be a lot happening for Britain in space in 2024, including a possible rocket launch from Shetland and a new generation of satellites commissioned by OneWeb. High on my list is Britain getting involved with lunar missions.
Tribute to Tony Lloyd
Obituaries
By John Cryer MP
Tribute to Tony Lloyd
Labour MP, minister, mayor, councillor and police and crime commissioner, Tony Lloyd held many roles in his 45 years in political life. A man of seemingly limitless patience and restraint, he was always very much his own man
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery: the next Government’s real to-do list Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery: the next Government’s real to-do list
As we enter 2024, the Prime Minister has made clear that this will be a general election year. While the date of the election remains unknown, we can be certain that the next Government – whichever colour it may be – will face a challenging in-tray.
Faith, Politics and Me - Robert Halfon
Communities
By Seun Matiluko
Faith, Politics and Me - Robert Halfon
In her occasional series, Seun Matiluko catches up with politicians to discuss faith and how they balance religion with politics. Here, Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow and education minister, talks about being Jewish in the current climate
Lessons from Hitler’s rise to power
Home affairs
By Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE
Lessons from Hitler’s rise to power
“So violent are Hitler’s fulminations against Jews that a number of prominent Jewish citizens are said to have sought safe asylum in the Bavarian highlands… But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitism as a bait to catch followers...”
A tale of two parties: the origin of the Tory Party
Political parties
By Lord Lexden
A tale of two parties: the origin of the Tory Party
Lord Lexden details the origin of the Tory Party – born of a crisis triggered by a lying priest and a monarch’s ruthless suppression of the Whigs
Foreshadowing #metoo: Baroness Thornton reviews Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla'
Books & culture
By Baroness Thornton
Foreshadowing #metoo: Baroness Thornton reviews Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla'
Visually beautiful and inescapably sad, this story of how a young girl was groomed and abused by a powerful older man does not let Elvis off the hook
To win the election, we must revive One Nation Conservatism
Political parties
By Robert Buckland
To win the election, we must revive One Nation Conservatism
As we enter a general election year, it is right for Conservatives to think not just about the eddies and swirls of immediate politics but where we want our country to move in the next five years.
Maintaining vigilance against COVID-19 this winter and beyond Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Maintaining vigilance against COVID-19 this winter and beyond
COVID-19 remains a public health threat – particularly in winter, says Dr Gillian Ellsbury, Pfizer's Vaccines & Antivirals Medical Director.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards
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