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Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour's Government's First King's Speech
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour's Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Voters In New Build England Say Conservative Promises Have Been Broken
Communities
Voters In New Build England Say Conservative Promises Have Been Broken
Labour Chair Accuses Tories Of Being Fixated On 'Lanyards And Toilet Tsars'
Social affairs
Labour Chair Accuses Tories Of Being Fixated On "Lanyards And Toilet Tsars"
Labour Considers National Housing First Pledge To Tackle Homelessness Crisis
Political parties
Labour Considers National Housing First Pledge To Tackle Homelessness Crisis
People Find Abuse More Acceptable When Directed At Politicians
Social affairs
People Find Abuse More Acceptable When Directed At Politicians
MPs Struggle To Secure Childcare Places At Parliament Nursery
Social affairs
MPs Struggle To Secure Childcare Places At Parliament Nursery
Women's Issues Have Seen A 'Sea Change' In Parliamentary Attention
Political parties
Women's Issues Have Seen A "Sea Change" In Parliamentary Attention
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Labour ran a slick digital campaign – but no party dominated the air war
Political parties
By Ben Guerin
Labour ran a slick digital campaign – but no party dominated the air war
What Battersea wants to see in the first 100 days of the new government Partner content
Communities
By Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
What Battersea wants to see in the first 100 days of the new government
Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports Partner content
Home affairs
By Horticultural Trades Association
Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports
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Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Political parties
Defeated Tory Candidates Invited To Join Campaign Review After Election Drubbing
Defeated Tory Candidates Invited To Join Campaign Review After Election Drubbing
Political parties
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Jewish Labour Movement chair Mike Katz: ‘It's lovely being popular again’
Political parties
By Sienna Rodgers
Jewish Labour Movement chair Mike Katz: ‘It's lovely being popular again’
Mike Katz, the influential chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, talks to Sienna Rodgers about the affiliate society's renewed popularity within the party and its journey from campaign strike in 2019 to 'full throttle' in this general election
Women's Issues Have Seen A 'Sea Change' In Parliamentary Attention
Political parties
Women's Issues Have Seen A "Sea Change" In Parliamentary Attention
MPs and campaigners have declared there has been a parliamentary “sea change” on women's issues, as a range of topics primarily affecting women are taking an ever more prominent place in politics.
How MPs are styling themselves into a general election
Political parties
By Tali Fraser
How MPs are styling themselves into a general election
As Westminster gets ready for its close-up with a general election approaching, Tali Fraser finds out who is doing what to get their ‘glow up’
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Gavin Williamson urged to extend free school meals to protect thousands of migrant children from hunger
Coronavirus
Gavin Williamson urged to extend free school meals to protect thousands of migrant children from hunger
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been urged to extend free school meals to protect thousands of migrant children at risk of hunger.
Met Police blames ‘human error’ for Dawn Butler stop and slams ‘trial by social media’
Political parties
Met Police blames ‘human error’ for Dawn Butler stop and slams ‘trial by social media’
The Metropolitan Police have blamed “human error” for the decision to pull over Labour MP Dawn Butler’s car, as the force hit out at “trial by social media” of its officers.
Boris Johnson warns UK of ‘bumpy months ahead’ after biggest drop in employment for over a decade
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson warns UK of ‘bumpy months ahead’ after biggest drop in employment for over a decade
Boris Johnson has urged Brits to brace for “bumpy months ahead” as new figures showed the economy suffered its biggest drop in employment since 2009.
Partner content
Social affairs
By Save the Children
Over 400,000 more families with children forced to rely on Universal Credit since Covid crisis hit
Inadequate safety nets threaten millions of children's futures, warns Save the Children.
BAME Brits twice as likely to have lost their job during furlough, new study finds
Coronavirus
BAME Brits twice as likely to have lost their job during furlough, new study finds
Black and minority ethnic (BAME) Brits are twice as likely to have lost their job during the coronavirus furlough period, a new study has found.
Number of households hit by benefit cap rockets 93% amid coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
Number of households hit by benefit cap rockets 93% amid coronavirus pandemic
The number of households hit by the Government's benefit cap has soared by 93% amid the coronavirus pandemic, new figures have revealed.
Labour call for Claire Fox's peerage to be blocked after failure to apologise for supporting deadly IRA bombing
Political parties
Labour call for Claire Fox's peerage to be blocked after failure to apologise for supporting deadly IRA bombing
Labour are supporting the call by one of its MPs to get a peerage blocked for former MEP Claire Fox after she failed to apologise for supporting the IRA bombing in Warrington.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross supports the call for theft of a pet to be made a specific crime
Blue Cross calls on the Government to take action to ensure pet theft is recognised as a very serious and unique offence.
Home Office to end use of 'racist algorithm' for UK visa decisions in face of legal challenge by migrants' rights group
Home affairs
Home Office to end use of 'racist algorithm' for UK visa decisions in face of legal challenge by migrants' rights group
The Home Office is set to scrap the use of a controversial algorithm for sorting UK visa applications in the face of a legal challenge by migrants' rights campaigners.
Universal Credit ‘punishes the poorest’ and five-week wait should be scrapped, House of Lords committee says
Coronavirus
Universal Credit ‘punishes the poorest’ and five-week wait should be scrapped, House of Lords committee says
The Government’s Universal Credit welfare scheme “punishes the poorest” and its controversial five-week waiting period should be ditched, according to a House of Lords committee.
Boris Johnson repeatedly made ‘incorrect’ child poverty claims, stats watchdog says
Political parties
Boris Johnson repeatedly made ‘incorrect’ child poverty claims, stats watchdog says
Boris Johnson made a string of “incorrect” claims about the level of child poverty under the Conservatives, according to the UK’s statistics watchdog.
Ministers urged to prioritise mental health as survey reveals 1.1m teens felt unhappy during lockdown
Coronavirus
Ministers urged to prioritise mental health as survey reveals 1.1m teens felt unhappy during lockdown
Labour has backed calls for “immediate mental health support” for young people after a survey revealed 1.1 million teens reported feeling unhappy with their lives during lockdown.
Coronavirus: Social care sector entered pandemic 'underfunded, understaffed and at risk of collapse', new report reveals
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Social care sector entered pandemic 'underfunded, understaffed and at risk of collapse', new report reveals
The social care sector was "underfunded, understaffed and at risk of collapse" before the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new report.
Coronavirus: Keir Starmer warns tourist towns are ‘falling through the cracks’ amid spike in unemployment
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Keir Starmer warns tourist towns are ‘falling through the cracks’ amid spike in unemployment
Britain’s tourist towns are “falling through the cracks” of the Government’s coronavirus economic support schemes, Keir Starmer has warned.
Boost free school meals to avert ‘slow-motion disaster’ of hunger and malnutrition, ministers urged
Coronavirus
Boost free school meals to avert ‘slow-motion disaster’ of hunger and malnutrition, ministers urged
The Government should dramatically increase the number of children eligible for free school meals to address the “slow-motion disaster of the British diet”, according to a major review.
DWP rejects own advisers’ call to up benefits to help two million through coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
DWP rejects own advisers’ call to up benefits to help two million through coronavirus pandemic
Ministers have rejected a call from their own social security advisers to up the benefits of two million people to help them through the coronavirus pandemic.
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
Social affairs
By Sir Robert Neill MP
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
With an ageing prison population living in an outdated estate, more work must be done to keep elderly prisoners healthy and help them rehabilitate
Exclusive: Boris Johnson warned that calorie-counting obesity ‘scare tactics’ will harm recovery for eating disorder sufferers
Coronavirus
Exclusive: Boris Johnson warned that calorie-counting obesity ‘scare tactics’ will harm recovery for eating disorder sufferers
Boris Johnson’s “distressing” anti-obesity plan to make restaurants and takeaways display calories could set back recovery for people battling eating disorders, the Government has been warned.
Labour and Lib Dems urge DWP to overhaul funeral help as student forced into debt to pay for dad’s burial
Coronavirus
Labour and Lib Dems urge DWP to overhaul funeral help as student forced into debt to pay for dad’s burial
The Department for Work and Pensions is facing calls to ramp up the help it provides to people who have lost loved ones after a student was pushed into debt to pay for her father’s burial.
Martha Lane Fox interview: Why chairing the new Lords Covid-19 Committee was a 'no-brainer'
Coronavirus
By Sebastian Whale
Martha Lane Fox interview: Why chairing the new Lords Covid-19 Committee was a 'no-brainer'
Martha Lane Fox had been searching for a way of contributing to the UK’s recovery from the coronavirus outbreak. In the shape of the new Covid-19 Committee in the House of Lords, she has found her outlet. The tech entrepreneur speaks to Sebastian Whale
Local government can play a crucial role in the green recovery
Coronavirus
By Baroness Eaton
Local government can play a crucial role in the green recovery
Councils should be given greater powers and flexibility to support new green skills and jobs across the country
MPs demand fake news watchdog to tackle ‘virulent’ spread of coronavirus misinformation
Coronavirus
MPs demand fake news watchdog to tackle ‘virulent’ spread of coronavirus misinformation
A group of influential MPs have urged ministers to appoint a new regulator to tackle the “infodemic'”of fake news created by during the coronavirus pandemic.
Boris Johnson promises ban on 'gay conversion therapy'
Health
Boris Johnson promises ban on 'gay conversion therapy'
Boris Johnson has pledged to implement a ban on "abhorrent" practices aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation.
David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’
David Lammy’s promotion to the shadow cabinet and the global explosion of Black Lives Matter has put him firmly in the spotlight as one of the most recognisable figures in British politics. The Tottenham MP and his friends and colleagues talk to Georgina Bailey about two decades in Parliament and how he finally feels he has found his ‘mojo’
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