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Broken Britain: Blaenau Gwent – the most deprived constituency in Wales
Broken Britain: Blaenau Gwent – the most deprived constituency in Wales
Economy
By Victoria Winckler
Blaenau Gwent is at or near the top of almost every league you don’t want to win. This small constituency, in the north-eastern corner of the South Wales valleys, is known as the birthplace of NHS founder Nye Bevan and home of the mighty Ebbw Vale steelworks. Today it is also known for its high levels of poverty and deprivation, low levels of educational qualifications and low wages. Many people would see Blaenau Gwent as an archetypal “left behind” community.
Blackpool's Towering Problems
Communities
By Sophie Church
Blackpool's Towering Problems
Britain's waterways: do we need a right to connect or the right to clean rivers?
Environment
By Baroness McIntosh
Britain's waterways: do we need a right to connect or the right to clean rivers?
West Tyrone – the most deprived constituency in Northern Ireland
Economy
By Órfhlaith Begley MP
West Tyrone – the most deprived constituency in Northern Ireland
Broken Britain: Inverclyde – the most deprived constituency in Scotland
Communities
By Ronnie Cowan MP
Broken Britain: Inverclyde – the most deprived constituency in Scotland
Broken Britain: Bethnal Green and Bow – the constituency where child poverty is becoming the norm
Education
By Rushanara Ali MP
Broken Britain: Bethnal Green and Bow – the constituency where child poverty is becoming the norm
Giving rural communities more control over local funding and decision making is key to levelling up
Communities
By Selaine Saxby MP
Giving rural communities more control over local funding and decision making is key to levelling up
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Political parties
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Culture
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Our ambitious levelling up agenda will unlock the potential of the entire country
Economy
By Dehenna Davison MP
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Health
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History
By Sophie Church
Welcome to Thorney Island, a London landmark you may never have known existed
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Remote Electronic Monitoring can help protect our seas and our island fishing industry
Environment
By Peter Aldous MP
Remote Electronic Monitoring can help protect our seas and our island fishing industry
The Future Fisheries Alliance (FFA), a coalition of the Marine Conservation Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and World Wildlife Fund, advocate for sustainable fisheries management and propose Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) with cameras to achieve this.
A study of ambition and self-promotion: Baroness Wheatcroft reviews 'Out of the Blue'
Books & culture
By Baroness Wheatcroft
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Moving, subtle and revealing: Jess Phillips reviews 'She Said'
Books & culture
By Jess Phillips MP
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We must not give up on the women of Afghanistan
Foreign affairs
By Preet Kaur Gill MP
We must not give up on the women of Afghanistan
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The next stages of the war in Ukraine
Foreign affairs
By Bob Seely MP
The next stages of the war in Ukraine
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Parliament
By Mrs Crackenthorpe
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By Lord Robertson
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My New Year's Wish... Peace to Ukraine
Foreign affairs
By Lord Bilimoria
My New Year's Wish... Peace to Ukraine
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This new year must be the one the UK commits to phasing down fossil fuels for good
Environment
By Wera Hobhouse MP
This new year must be the one the UK commits to phasing down fossil fuels for good
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My New Year Wish... Helping the most vulnerable
Economy
By Baroness Stroud
My New Year Wish... Helping the most vulnerable
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