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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
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
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?
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
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
For too long it has been ‘jam tomorrow’ for infrastructure upgrades in rural Britain
Communities
By Neil Parish MP
For too long it has been ‘jam tomorrow’ for infrastructure upgrades in rural Britain
Scotland’s agriculture sector needs firm commitments if it is to deliver on ambitions
Environment
By Pete Wishart MP
Scotland’s agriculture sector needs firm commitments if it is to deliver on ambitions
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Luke Pollard: Fishers Have Every Right To Be Angry Over The Brexit Deal
Luke Pollard: Fishers Have Every Right To Be Angry Over The Brexit Deal
By Georgina Bailey
Environment
If farmers are to enter the post-Brexit era with confidence, they need practical support
If farmers are to enter the post-Brexit era with confidence, they need practical support
By Jim Shannon MP
Environment
Rural areas need a levelling-up agenda that recognises the difference between villages, towns and cities
Rural areas need a levelling-up agenda that recognises the difference between villages, towns and cities
By Rosie Cooper MP
Communities
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A Tory Lockdown Revolt Is Looming As MPs Threaten To Rebel If Vaccine Target Is Hit With No Exit Plan
Coronavirus
A Tory Lockdown Revolt Is Looming As MPs Threaten To Rebel If Vaccine Target Is Hit With No Exit Plan
New Variant Of Covid-19 Could Be More Deadly Than Previous Strains, Boris Johnson Says
Coronavirus
New Variant Of Covid-19 Could Be More Deadly Than Previous Strains, Boris Johnson Says
Vaccine Supply Will Be Increased In Areas Of The UK Falling Behind On Priority Groups
Coronavirus
Vaccine Supply Will Be Increased In Areas Of The UK Falling Behind On Priority Groups
A Row Has Broken Out Over The Independence Of A Major Review Into Children In Care
Education
A Row Has Broken Out Over The Independence Of A Major Review Into Children In Care
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The Culture War Report - 2020
Coronavirus
By Robert Hutton
The Culture War Report - 2020
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Brexit weakens the case for Scottish nationalism
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Brexit weakens the case for Scottish nationalism
He has been at the heart of the Brexit drama from day one. With the end in sight, the Leader of the House of Commons talks to Georgina Bailey about his hopes for an independent United Kingdom, why the Hybrid Parliament won't return, and Christmas at the Rees-Moggs.
Ed Miliband: 'If the Conservatives want a climate election in the next election, I say bring it on'
Environment
By Georgina Bailey
Ed Miliband: 'If the Conservatives want a climate election in the next election, I say bring it on'
Ed Miliband is back on the Labour frontbench, and pursuing his passion of tackling the climate crisis. He talks to Georgina Bailey about why the government’s green jobs plans fall short, why COP-26 is the most important international summit yet, and whether XR is helping or hurting
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We must not let the horrors of Covid destroy our health service in the long term
Coronavirus
By Dr Robin Baddeley
We must not let the horrors of Covid destroy our health service in the long term
Airless boxes, linoleum-lined and artificially lit, hospitals are not the beacons of health some may expect. Were it not for the familiar scent of fresh toast wafting through the wards at 7:10am every morning, it would be perfectly possible to exist within their walls yet outside of time, like one of Schrödinger’s subjects.
'Statesman of Europe': restoring the reputation of Britain's longest serving foreign secretary
Foreign affairs
By Lord Lexden
"Statesman of Europe": restoring the reputation of Britain's longest serving foreign secretary
Thomas Otte’s superb biography turns the tables on Sir Edward Grey’s critics
The radicalism of the Agriculture Act should work for farmers – but they will make their feelings known if not
Environment
By Lord Clark
The radicalism of the Agriculture Act should work for farmers – but they will make their feelings known if not
We can throw off the shackles of the CAP and devise an agricultural support system specifically tailored to Britain.
MPs should stay out of Parliament for now, but remain positive
Coronavirus
By Lindsay Hoyle MP
MPs should stay out of Parliament for now, but remain positive
With constituencies often many hundreds of miles from London, MPs have the potential to be the ultimate super-spreaders and put everyone we come into contact with at risk. For now, we must meet virtually.
Lessons from 2020: ‘Everyone In’ has shown that rough sleeping can be ended if there’s a political plan of action
Coronavirus
By Neil Coyle MP
Lessons from 2020: ‘Everyone In’ has shown that rough sleeping can be ended if there’s a political plan of action
Ministers and councils saved a 1,000 lives by providing self-contained accommodation to homeless people in the pandemic. We must not fall at the last hurdle in solving rough sleeping for good
How Closely Did You Follow Politics In 2020?
Political parties
By Robert Hutton
How Closely Did You Follow Politics In 2020?
If you want to know how dramatic 2020 has been, the Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned, and this quiz doesn’t have room for a question about it. It might feel like year you want to forget, but before you open a bottle of Speaker Hoyle’s malt to wipe your memory completely, why not find out how much of it you can remember, with our Quiz of the Year? Answers at the bottom of the page.
'Making Dystopia': a coruscating denunciation of the cult of ugliness
Culture
By Lord Cormack
'Making Dystopia': a coruscating denunciation of the cult of ugliness
Stimulating and provocative, James Stevens Curl has produced a work of awe-inspiring scholarship
Make use of local resources to achieve rural roll-out of the vaccine
Coronavirus
By Jamie Stone MP
Make use of local resources to achieve rural roll-out of the vaccine
The beginning of the end is in sight. But if remote areas of the UK are to get there safely, some community planning is required
'The Good Country Equation': sage advice on how to win international friends and influence people
Foreign affairs
By Lord Howell
'The Good Country Equation': sage advice on how to win international friends and influence people
A pioneer thinker on how the reputation of a country rises and falls, Simon Anholt’s book offers nuggets of wisdom for savvy nations
'Small Axe': compelling drama for the Black Lives Matter age
Culture
By David Lammy MP
'Small Axe': compelling drama for the Black Lives Matter age
Reflecting a sentiment recaptured by this year’s BLM protests, Steve McQueen’s five-part mini-series is a refreshing portrayal of mainstream Black experience and the fight for a better future
Liz Truss is trying to set up a hierarchy of suffering and turn back the clock on 40 years of equalities progress
Communities
By Harriet Harman MP
Liz Truss is trying to set up a hierarchy of suffering and turn back the clock on 40 years of equalities progress
The only people who benefit from the argument about whether poverty, racism or sexism is worse are those who care about none of those things. As she has shown today, the minister for women and equalities is doing nothing to tackle inequality or discrimination
We need a national strategy to tackle health inequalities
Coronavirus
By Marsha de Cordova MP
We need a national strategy to tackle health inequalities
Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and disadvantaged groups in our society. Action is required, but it’s sadly lacking so far
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