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The Neil Kinnock interview: “As long as I breathe, I’m going to be interested in the Labour Party”

The Neil Kinnock interview: “As long as I breathe, I’m going to be interested in the Labour Party”

18 May Political parties

Lord Kinnock may not have made it to No 10, but he remains a totemic presence in Labour. He shares with Sienna Rodgers his analysis of leaders past and present – and what the party must do to secure a successful future

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Could history be about to repeat itself in Northern Ireland?

Could history be about to repeat itself in Northern Ireland?

16 May Political parties

Meet the British MPs who have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees

Meet the British MPs who have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees

15 May Parliament

'A one-sided selective narrative': Toby Young reviews 'Chums'

'A one-sided selective narrative': Toby Young reviews 'Chums'

17 May Books & culture

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RIA Scotland announces Chair and Vice Chair

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20 May Transport

RIA Scotland announces Chair and Vice Chair

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20 May Economy

The House of Lords debates the Catapult Network's role and future

Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right

20 May Education

Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right

Michael Gove’s new restrictive powers over councils risks harming the levelling up agenda

20 May Communities

Michael Gove’s new restrictive powers over councils risks harming the levelling up agenda

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Too Much, Too Young: Are MPs getting younger?

13 May Parliament

Too Much, Too Young: Are MPs getting younger?

Not old enough; too inexperienced - that’s the frequent complaint about the current House of Commons. But are MPs actually getting younger? Professor Philip Cowley reports.

The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers

12 May Home affairs

The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers

Google “Home Office” and “failings,” and a long list will emerge of failures of every description: staff allegedly not caring; new IT systems delayed and inadequate; the Home Office castigated by senior judges for failures to disclose documents.

Fraud may be our most common crime but policing has failed to catch up

12 May Home affairs

Fraud may be our most common crime but policing has failed to catch up

Voters always worry about crime, and politicians always want to offer them reassurance. That usually means talking about police numbers, and often about “bobbies on the beat”. But such conversations fail to take account of the fact the nature of crime has changed.

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A blueprint for future legislation: Layla Moran reviews 'Butler to the World'

05 May Books & culture

A blueprint for future legislation: Layla Moran reviews 'Butler to the World'

Insightful and readable, Oliver Bullough exposes how Britain has become a global centre for laundering the money of oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters – and the scale of the challenge we now face in tackling it

Is citizenship a right or a privilege?

04 May Home affairs

Is citizenship a right or a privilege?

Stripping someone of their British citizenship is contentious, so a new clause allowing the government to revoke it without notice has reinvigorated the debate on how the Home Office views citizenship. Analysis by Laura Hutchinson of Dods Political Intelligence

To tackle all forms of interpersonal and sexual violence, the government needs to acknowledge that the patriarchy is the problem

04 May Home affairs

To tackle all forms of interpersonal and sexual violence, the government needs to acknowledge that the patriarchy is the problem

Violence against women and girls, or VAWG, has become the shorthand way of describing all crimes such as domestic abuse, sexual violence, harassment and exploitation, some issues of trafficking, street harassment, online harms such as revenge porn and cyber flashing, covering a multitude of sins.

Baroness Lawrence: 'We have to keep fighting for our place in society and we shouldn’t have to'

03 May Parliament

Baroness Lawrence: "We have to keep fighting for our place in society and we shouldn’t have to"

It is almost 30 years since Baroness Lawrence’s son Stephen was murdered in a racially-motivated attack. She speaks to Noa Hoffman about the Metropolitan Police, the importance of education in promoting anti-racism and her hopes for the future

Lord of the Locals: Lord Hayward on results, refereeing and regrets

03 May Political parties

Lord of the Locals: Lord Hayward on results, refereeing and regrets

Known for his skill at reading the political temperature of the nation, election expert Lord Hayward talks to Sienna Rodgers about results, refereeing and regrets

The Rwanda scheme is an innovative solution to a broken asylum system

02 May Foreign affairs

The Rwanda scheme is an innovative solution to a broken asylum system

Be under no illusion: the global asylum system is broken. Around the world, we see it collapsing under the strain of numerous, real humanitarian crises, with around 80 million people reported to be displaced.

Atrocities by Russian forces in Ukraine show a new approach is needed to tackle sexual violence in conflict

02 May Foreign affairs

Atrocities by Russian forces in Ukraine show a new approach is needed to tackle sexual violence in conflict

Reports of Russian war crimes in Ukraine have become grimly familiar, revealing – if the invasion itself had not – the full barbarity of Vladimir Putin’s aggression.

The Secret Caseworker: 'My pay has not increased in line with my workload'

01 May Social affairs

The Secret Caseworker: "My pay has not increased in line with my workload"

As the first port of call for constituency matters somewhere in the south of England, the Secret Caseworker takes us through a typically gruelling day

Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary

29 Apr Parliament

Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary

The Easter break seems not to have soothed MPs’ nerves, with everyone on most scratchy form as they braced for Parliament to be prorogued. As ever, Mrs C was kept busy by her informants’ raucous and ridiculous rumours. Of the tea I can spill publicly, here’s what’s perked my interest this week…

Do I think there is more than one James Whitehouse in Westminster today? Sadly yes: Caroline Nokes reviews 'Anatomy of a Scandal'

29 Apr Books & culture

Do I think there is more than one James Whitehouse in Westminster today? Sadly yes: Caroline Nokes reviews 'Anatomy of a Scandal'

Whilst parts of this Netflix drama are laughably inaccurate, Anatomy of a Scandal’s portrayal of the entitled arrogance of some male Members of Parliament, and the distain with which women in politics are still held, is both realistic and disturbing.

Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football

29 Apr Culture

Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football

The tripwires for Tracey Crouch’s excellent Fan-Led Review of Football Governance were the vain-glorious announcement of the “European Super League”, the collapse of Bury FC and near-insolvency of 45 other clubs, the pandemic and, of course, a Conservative manifesto commitment likely to figure in the Queen’s Speech.

Should the government be doing more to help millions of households facing the worst cost of living crisis in decades?

28 Apr Economy

Should the government be doing more to help millions of households facing the worst cost of living crisis in decades?

Britain faces its worst cost of living crisis for decades, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and the pandemic. Pressure is mounting for more action from government. Sheila Amedodah from Dods Political Intelligence analyses the issues.

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