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A controversial Labour MP has been rapped by party bosses for hosting a film in Parliament about an activist accused of anti-semitism.
The government’s cycling strategy has a target of doubling cycling trips by 2025. But current policies fall well short of that ambition, writes Ruth Cadbury
Tom Watson has called on Labour MPs to notify him personally when they make complaints to party bosses about anti-semitism, racism or bullying by party members.
An overwhelming majority of 70+ year olds want to maintain their independence in later life, and key to achieving this is sticking to a routine, according to new online research from EDF Energy and tech start-up Howz.
Soft drinks company Lucozade Ribena Suntory and Active Communities Network, a charity, celebrate one year since the launch of a programme to keep young people physically active
In a new series, we hear from MPs about the big issues that matter to their constituents but don’t always make the headlines. This week, Emma Dent Coad on the sorry state of affordable housing in her Kensington constituency
“Sport is everything,” according to Mims Davies. The new DCMS minister talks to Sebastian Whale about the power of sport to change lives and tackle discrimination
Jeremy Corbyn has said that Sajid Javid’s decision to remove Islamic State schoolgirl Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship is “extreme” and that she needs “support”.
The Government has released its housing delivery test results, which shows that a third of local authorities are failing to address the housing crisis.
The Government should hike taxes on online giants like Amazon to prevent high streets becoming “ghost towns”, MPs have declared.
Increasing numbers of hungry children are going without a daily nutritious hot meal, says Lord Bassam.
The number of children living in poverty is set to hit a record high by 2022 unless ministers drop their plans for further welfare cuts, a leading think tank has warned.
The government’s rough sleeping strategy is seeing results, but the ambition is to eliminate it altogether and that needs a cross-departmental approach, says James Brokenshire
The Housing First principle to tackling homelessness has seen success in countries such as Finland, Canada and the United States. With three pilots being rolled out in England later this year, could this be the route to solving the country’s rough sleeping crisis? Sebastian Whale spends time with workers on the SIB project in Greater Manchester to see how it works
Angela Smith has been forced to apologise after she used a racist slur just hours after she quit Labour to join a new bloc of independent MPs.
Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on "hard left" Labour members after seven MPs quit the party to sit as independents.
Melanie Onn has lived experience of being homeless from when she was in her late teens. Now a shadow minister for Housing, the Great Grimsby MP is determined to change perceptions of those without a place to call their own. She speaks to Sebastian Whale
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has spent time on the frontline with those tackling the homelessness crisis and is challenging the government to do more to deal with this “moral emergency”
Tory eurosceptics are set to rebel in a key Commons vote over their fears the Government is preparing to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson is the Tory most at risk of being booted out of parliament by voters angry at the Government's handling of the housing crisis, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Labour bigwigs Tom Watson and Ian Lavery have had a huge bust-up over the party's attempts to tackle anti-semitism among some of its members, PoliticsHome has learned.
Labour MPs have accused the party leadership of hiding the true scale of anti-semitism among its members.
Labour expelled 12 party members for anti-semitism after considering hundreds of complaints, it has been announced.
Amber Rudd has admitted the explosion in food bank use could be linked to the introduction of Universal Credit.
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