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Government must set legal targets, fund green transport and invest in air pollution monitoring to combat our toxic air crisis, writes Geraint Davies MP
The Government must urgently order a review of eating disorder services, says Baroness Parminter
Moving forward, our goal must be to ensure that the public health approach to youth violence stays at the top of the political agenda, writes Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft
With the UK on the way out of the European Union, you might expect Steve Baker to be feeling triumphant. Instead, the Brexiteer feels a degree of “melancholy” at the events of the past three years. Sebastian Whale talks to colleagues past and present about the Wycombe MP; the reluctant ‘Brexit hardman’ who played a crucial role in marshalling Eurosceptics in parliament. Photography by Baldo Sciacca
With a 15-year career in the European Parliament already under his belt, the SNP’s Alyn Smith has been tipped as a future party leader. Stirling’s new MP talks to Eleanor Langford about his journey to Westminster, independence – and his determination that Scotland will be heard
As we leave the EU, we now have the opportunity to reflect on what has been working well in our political system – and change the things that have not, argues Gisela Stuart
As Britain leaves the EU, lifelong europhile Lord Heseltine reflects on the challenges ahead
For Remain campaigners, the evening of 12 December proved devastating. Months if not years of work to preserve Britain’s membership of the European Union had gone up in smoke. How do they plan to pick up the pieces? Sebastian Whale reports
The climate emergency, global poverty, terrorism and people trafficking cannot be tackled unless we invest in defence, diplomacy and development. All three must work together in the 21st Century, writes Lord McConnell
Lord Lisvane talks to Gary Connor about ‘impractical’ proposals to move the Lords to York, why the Government’s pledge to set-up a Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission needs ‘political buy-in’ – and how many questions about the review remain to be answered
My success in parliament is due to forensically analysing a problem and working cross-party – I will take the exact same approach as chair of the International Development Committee, writes Sarah Champion
If UK aid is to stay focused on the world’s poorest, we need effective parliamentary scrutiny like never before, writes Kate Osamor MP
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