All articles written by Alan Mak MP on PoliticsHome.com

05 May Communities

Britain needs more hubs to deliver in-person banking

Since 2015, more than 6,600 bank branches have closed, with some communities losing over 90 per cent of their network. Today, nearly 50 Parliamentary constituencies have no bank branch left, and more than 90 are down to their last one.

17 Mar 2022 Communities

TRAILBLAZERS: More British-Chinese Should Begin Their Journey To Westminster

In May 2015 I completed a journey which nobody else had ever made. It began 20 years ago, and 200 miles away, in York. My parents had settled there after escaping communism in China.

03 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Mobilising NHS Reservists will be key to our vaccination ambitions

In a world where confidence in vaccinations has been eroded by the falsehoods spread by the anti-vaxxer movement, we need to ensure the public have full trust in our inoculation programme

04 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

With Covid-19 now spreading rapidly, locking down again is the right decision

No country that values freedom wants to impose restrictions on its people, but with the virus doubling faster than our ability to add NHS capacity, we have no choice but to impose additional restrictions.

16 Apr 2020 Communities

We need to celebrate the contribution British-Chinese people make to our country

We’ve launched The Blossom Awards to recognise the British-Chinese community’s amazing successes in the UK

14 May 2018 Health

We should aim for a digital-first NHS

A digital NHS can save lives through shared data – so it’s vital we make the positive case for using anonymised patient information, writes Alan Mak

25 Jan 2018 Economy

Philip Hammond: “Cutting London off would be a tremendous act of self-harm from the EU”

Philip Hammond fears the free market ideas championed by Britain for decades are under threat, as a younger generation looks to Jeremy Corbyn. But as new technologies transform the economy, the Chancellor believes the Conservative party has a historic opportunity to revitalise capitalism. He talks to Alan Mak.

30 Nov 2017 Economy

Skilled workforce key to making success of Industrial Strategy

Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Alan Mak MP writes following the publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper.

28 Sep 2017 Home affairs

Baroness Evans: “Peers will respect the primacy of the Commons”

She’s the politically poised leader of the Lords charged with steering Brexit through an unusually hostile second chamber – but Alan Mak finds Baroness Evans unruffled by one of the greatest legislative challenges of modern times

20 Mar 2017 Communities

Britain can lead the fourth industrial revolution – but we all need to get behind the effort

Philip Hammond's bold Budget has put Britain on the right track. Now it’s time for parliamentarians to get behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution too

23 Feb 2017 Home affairs

Liz Truss: “Prisons can be difficult places, but they can also be places of hope"

Liz Truss believes the prison system must do more to help offenders turn their lives around. The justice secretary talks to Alan Mak about rehabilitation, the British Bill of Rights and learning from Michael Gove

08 Sep 2016 Economy

Britain can lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Alan Mak MP writes ahead of today's Backbench Business House of Commons debate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which he is leading.

06 Jun 2016 Economy

Entrepreneurs will get Britain to the future first

With the launch of a new APPG on entrepreneurship today, the group's Chairman Alan Mak MP reflects on the future of entrepreneurship in the UK.