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Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
The government’s flagship domestic agenda promises to spread wealth to ‘left-behind’ towns and improve the education and employment prospects of those living in them. But can No 10 move ‘levelling up’ from rhetoric to real life? Georgina Bailey uncovers the hopes, expectations and barriers to tackling regional inequality
The government should provide full salary and a bonus for people self-isolating
Coronavirus
By Munira Wilson MP
The government should provide full salary and a bonus for people self-isolating
Helping the country build back better and greener Partner content
Economy
By Openreach
Helping the country build back better and greener
Biden’s move to re-join the Paris climate agreement boosts our chance to tackle the climate crisis
Environment
By Lord Stern
Biden’s move to re-join the Paris climate agreement boosts our chance to tackle the climate crisis
Full Fibre infrastructure is the catalyst for Britain’s post-Brexit success Partner content
Economy
By CityFibre
Full Fibre infrastructure is the catalyst for Britain’s post-Brexit success
Now Covid has meant we have opened our lives to the internet, we must treat online abuse as robustly as we would in real life
Culture
By Shabnam Nasimi
Now Covid has meant we have opened our lives to the internet, we must treat online abuse as robustly as we would in real life
Levelling Up: Can Barrow Boom Again?
Communities
By Adam Payne
Levelling Up: Can Barrow Boom Again?
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Levelling up: Torquay fears losing out to former ‘red wall’ areas
Economy
By Kate Proctor
Levelling up: Torquay fears losing out to former ‘red wall’ areas
It might be grim up north, but it’s no picnic in some areas of the south-west as Torquay’s leaders insist the seasonal nature of local jobs and a shortage of social housing make the town equally deserving of investment, writes Kate Proctor
It's A Sin: As a man diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s, this brilliant series was almost unbearably true to life
Social affairs
By Lord Smith of Finsbury
It's A Sin: As a man diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s, this brilliant series was almost unbearably true to life
A moving and engaging drama, compellingly written and brilliantly acted – the result is classic Russell T Davies. Go watch it, you’ll love it
Children’s social care review must address a decade of chronic underfunding
Social affairs
By Steve McCabe MP
Children’s social care review must address a decade of chronic underfunding
The APPG for Looked After Children and Care Leavers will explore how the care system is experienced by young people and seek to understand where solutions can be rooted in local communities.
Government must put BAME communities at the heart of the Covid vaccination drive
Coronavirus
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Government must put BAME communities at the heart of the Covid vaccination drive
Employment and housing circumstances of people from BAME communities place them in contact with more people and heighten their risk of getting Covid-19. Government needs to treat race as a Covid risk factor.
Young people must be at the heart of Covid recovery – supporting their mental health is the first step
Health
By Cat Smith MP
Young people must be at the heart of Covid recovery – supporting their mental health is the first step
The government has allowed a mental health crisis to overwhelm young people. It's vital they receive urgent support, especially as we look to rebuild.
Labour will be 'complicit in state oppression' if they abstain on spy cops Bill
Home affairs
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Labour will be 'complicit in state oppression' if they abstain on spy cops Bill
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill is hugely flawed. Unamended, it will grant blanket legal immunity for spies, undercover police and informants to commit crimes.
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Bridging the Gap: Helping Patients Access New Medicines
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Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
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Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
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Green Recovery: The Built Environment
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Online Conference
Green Recovery: The Built Environment
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How can music beat the isolation blues? Partner content
Coronavirus
By The National Lottery
How can music beat the isolation blues?
Covid is a harsh reminder that we must start planning for future risks and emergencies
Coronavirus
By Lord Arbuthnot
Covid is a harsh reminder that we must start planning for future risks and emergencies
Brexit All
Government must do more to minimise Brexit disruption to Northern Ireland-Britain supply chain
Brexit
By Jeffrey Donaldson MP
Government must do more to minimise Brexit disruption to Northern Ireland-Britain supply chain
Let’s stop using the fishing industry as a political football and work together to untangle Brexit red tape
Brexit
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Let’s stop using the fishing industry as a political football and work together to untangle Brexit red tape
Communities All
Escape To The Country: How Can Rural Areas Recover From Covid?
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
Escape To The Country: How Can Rural Areas Recover From Covid?
Broadband providers should be incentivised to overcome the barriers to rural connectivity
Environment
By Fay Jones MP
Broadband providers should be incentivised to overcome the barriers to rural connectivity
Culture All
Without a clear strategy, government will exclude rural areas from gigabit broadband rollout
Communities
By Olivia Blake MP
Without a clear strategy, government will exclude rural areas from gigabit broadband rollout
Michael Dugher: It’s important that the Gambling Review tackles betting by under-18s – but let’s deal in facts, not fiction Partner content
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
Michael Dugher: It’s important that the Gambling Review tackles betting by under-18s – but let’s deal in facts, not fiction
Defence All
With no concrete proposals, we must ensure increased defence spending will not be wasted
Defence
By Jamie Stone MP
With no concrete proposals, we must ensure increased defence spending will not be wasted
Lifting Our Sights: Beyond 2030 – the impact of future trends on the transition of our Armed Forces Community from military to civilian life Partner content
Coronavirus
By Forces in Mind Trust
Lifting Our Sights: Beyond 2030 – the impact of future trends on the transition of our Armed Forces Community from military to civilian life
Economy All
Post-Brexit review of workers' rights must not rip-up hard-won protections in a race to the bottom
Economy
By Frances O'Grady
Post-Brexit review of workers' rights must not rip-up hard-won protections in a race to the bottom
As the nation fights to recover, we have never needed our Catapult Network more. Here's why   Partner content
Coronavirus
By High Value Manufacturing Catapult
As the nation fights to recover, we have never needed our Catapult Network more. Here's why  
Education All
Myths about poverty must be refuted so that parents are trusted with £20 and not half a pepper
Health
By Sam Freedman
Myths about poverty must be refuted so that parents are trusted with £20 and not half a pepper
Inadequate food parcels being offered to families on free school meals are nothing short of outrageous
Health
By Sharon Hodgson MP
Inadequate food parcels being offered to families on free school meals are nothing short of outrageous
Energy All
The Energy White Paper may not go far enough to reach climate targets
Environment
By Alexandra Goodwin
The Energy White Paper may not go far enough to reach climate targets
A plan for our future energy must have Britain’s proud industrial regions at its heart
Energy
By Andrew Percy MP and Lia Nici MP
A plan for our future energy must have Britain’s proud industrial regions at its heart
Environment All
Farmers of Tomorrow: George Eustice has radical plans for British Agriculture in 2021
Environment
By Kate Proctor
Farmers of Tomorrow: George Eustice has radical plans for British Agriculture in 2021
Farmers are key workers on the front line of the global pandemic
Environment
By Minette Batters
Farmers are key workers on the front line of the global pandemic
Foreign affairs All
We must seize the opportunity to pursue a post-Brexit trade deal with Africa
Foreign affairs
By Lord Popat
We must seize the opportunity to pursue a post-Brexit trade deal with Africa
Should the UK adopt an American-style post-election transition period?
Foreign affairs
By Geoff Lyons
Should the UK adopt an American-style post-election transition period?
Health All
The pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of our young people, we can’t just ignore it
Coronavirus
By Munira Wilson MP
The pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of our young people, we can’t just ignore it
Government must act now to delay onset of age-related diseases
Health
By Baroness Young
Government must act now to delay onset of age-related diseases
Home affairs All
EHRC must investigate disproportionate insurance premiums for BAME communities
Home affairs
By Shabana Mahmood MP
EHRC must investigate disproportionate insurance premiums for BAME communities
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill will help end the exploitation of children involved in criminal activity, not cause it
Home affairs
By Baroness Williams
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill will help end the exploitation of children involved in criminal activity, not cause it
Political parties All
Post-Brexit Lords committee reforms will mean a cross-departmental, forward thinking approach to scrutiny
Brexit
By Lord McFall
Post-Brexit Lords committee reforms will mean a cross-departmental, forward thinking approach to scrutiny
Violence in Washington shows we must change the toxic political culture in Britain
Political parties
By Richard Benyon
Violence in Washington shows we must change the toxic political culture in Britain
Social affairs All
Martin Luther King Day: We're still fighting for Black civil rights
Social affairs
By Dawn Butler MP
Martin Luther King Day: We're still fighting for Black civil rights
The Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill will enshrine long-term planning needed to unpick difficult social problems
Social affairs
By Lord Bird and Simon Fell MP
The Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill will enshrine long-term planning needed to unpick difficult social problems
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