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With reduced attendance and dwindling parishioners’ donations, Dame Caroline Spelman MP spoke at the National Churches Trusts annual conference on how to create a more sustainable future for the UK’s Christian places of worship.
A senior Northern Ireland police chief has warned that Brexit is being used by dissident IRA groups to recruit new members.
The leader of the Conservative party in Wales has quit just days after two run-ins with senior UK colleagues.
Individuals and employers should pay a new contribution into a dedicated fund set aside to help pay for the growing demand for adult social care and implement funding reforms, with the current system ‘not fit to respond to the demographic trends of the future’, MPs have concluded.
The annual National Conservative Convention board elections are happening again right now. Tories who want to get their hands on the levers of party machinery are vying for the attention of a tiny electorate of around 800 local chairmen and the primary contact method is through the Royal Mail. The arcane NCC race happens every year but slips completely under the radar because it is so private and hardly contested. Only in an internal Conservative party election could an outsider candidate with an OBE go up against a teddy bear salesman from Guildford. Emilio Casalicchio talks to some of the contestants and a few Tory bigwigs to find out what the race is all about.
A senior Holyrood minister has left the Scottish government to take on an SNP role dedicated to building the case for independence.
Against a backdrop of an industry dominated by major providers whose performances leave so much to be desired, a New Homes Ombudsman could provide housebuyers with the consumer protection they have lacked for too long, says Lord Best.
Single parent families face unique challenges, but their needs are rarely taken into account in Westminster. Our APPG will ensure their voices are heard, writes Rupa Huq
Theresa May has been urged to get tough on buy-to-let landlords in a bid to solve Britain’s housing crisis.
The campaign for safe standing at football is not about a return to the terraces of the 1980s. It’s about ensuring all fans can enjoy a better, more inclusive experience, writes Shadow Sports Minister Rosena Allin-Khan
Suspended MP John Woodcock has demanded an independent inquiry into claims of harassment made against him, dubbing the Labour process “tainted”.
The Government has said it will back the exclusion of some trans people from public spaces, such as changing rooms, toilets and swimming pools.
A top Tory MP has suggested that tackling Britain’s housing crisis requires the same spirit and organisation seen during the Second World War.
Gang leaders and criminals could have council houses removed from their families in a plan to tackle violent crime which has been backed by a minister.
Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has branded Boris Johnson a "buffoon" whose Brexit demands would ruin Britain and Ireland.
MPs from across the political divide have urged Theresa May to bring forward laws to legalise same sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
From building more houses to doing right by the families of Grenfell, Dominic Raab is ‘restless’ to achieve results. And as the country prepares to leave the European Union, the Brexiteer wants to see a unity of purpose, not just in his own party but across the country. He talks to Sebastian Whale
More than £2 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on gagging orders for former House of Commons staff over the past five years, it has emerged.
The switch to Universal Credit - the Government’s flagship welfare reform programme - is hitting parents with upfront childcare bills that have reached £1,000, new analysis from Save the Children reveals.
Ministers are under pressure to explain why their flagship 300,000-a-year new homes target has been left out of a key Government plan.
A Tory backbencher has taken a swipe at his colleague who controversially blocked plans to make ‘upskirting’ a criminal offence.
Theresa May has said that “vile extremism” will not break the UK ahead of a remembrance service to mark the Finsbury Park terror attack.
Thousands of public buildings are being sold off each year by cash-strapped councils, according to a community charity.
Ahead of her Oral Question in the House of Lords, Baroness Thomas of Winchester writes on improving the outcome of Personal Independence Payment assessments for PoliticsHome.
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