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Cutting business rates is needed to save our high streets

Cutting business rates is needed to save our high streets

26 Oct Economy

As Conservative MPs, there are certain issues we constantly hear on the doorstep. The future of bricks-and-mortar retail is one of them.

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Sajid Javid Warns Winter Poses “Greatest Threat” To Pandemic Recovery And Daily Cases Could Hit 100,000

Sajid Javid Warns Winter Poses “Greatest Threat” To Pandemic Recovery And Daily Cases Could Hit 100,000

20 Oct Coronavirus

Former Labour MP Claudia Webbe Has Been Found Guilty Of Harassment

Former Labour MP Claudia Webbe Has Been Found Guilty Of Harassment

13 Oct Political parties

Boris Johnson Confirms Southend Will Become A City In Tribute To Sir David Amess

Boris Johnson Confirms Southend Will Become A City In Tribute To Sir David Amess

18 Oct Political parties

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A time-limited UK-EU treaty could solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol

25 Oct Brexit

A time-limited UK-EU treaty could solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol

The United Kingdom and the European Union both share both a common interest and a duty to do everything in their power to ensure peace and stability in Northern Ireland and support the still fragile process of reconciliation between different communities.

The Chancellor must ramp up investment for gigabit broadband to help level up rural areas

25 Oct Economy

The Chancellor must ramp up investment for gigabit broadband to help level up rural areas

When thinking of life’s necessities – food, water, heating – having a fast and reliable internet connection does not always spring to mind, but it should be added to this list.

How Airbnb is beating a path to a sustainable recovery for Hosts and communities alike

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25 Oct Communities

How Airbnb is beating a path to a sustainable recovery for Hosts and communities alike

After so much of the travel industry was decimated by the pandemic, Airbnb is looking to the future – and it has a plan of action to help ensure tourism benefits local communities up and down the UK.

Whatever happened to the 2011 Eurosceptic Rebels?

24 Oct Brexit

Whatever happened to the 2011 Eurosceptic Rebels?

Ten years on from what was the largest postwar rebellion on Europe, Sebastian Whale looks back at a pivotal moment in the race to secure an EU referendum – and the little-known group of Conservative MPs who helped bring it about

Conservatives take aim at Human Rights Act - again

23 Oct Home affairs

Conservatives take aim at Human Rights Act - again

The Conservative government has publicly renewed its ambition to make potentially sweeping changes to the Human Rights Act (HRA), ahead of the publication of an independent review in the coming weeks.

Bridget Phillipson: 'We need a plan from the government. There is no plan.'

23 Oct Economy

Bridget Phillipson: "We need a plan from the government. There is no plan."

Having grown up in poverty as the child of a single mother, Bridget Phillipson knows as well as anyone how much those on low incomes suffer through lean times. It’s why, she tells Laurence Sleator, she’s determined to defend the red wall – and see the return of a Labour government.

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The UK government must not miss this opportunity to resolve issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol

21 Oct Brexit

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Under-regulated supported housing failed vulnerable tenants – a complete overhaul of the sector is needed

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'A man who always had a kind word' - Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden pays tribute to Sir David Amess

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22 Oct Defence

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While the West’s powers fight amongst themselves, China is rubbing her hands

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Ahead of COP26, the Chancellor must use the spending review to deliver on green investment

22 Oct Environment

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As we look back on the PAC’s remarkable history, the need for transparency and accountability has never been greater

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22 Oct Energy

Trusted information and good consumer protections would give people the confidence to make their homes ready for net zero

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19 Oct Environment

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20 Oct Brexit

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22 Oct Health

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If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law

21 Oct Health

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