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It we can get social care right in ‘ageing’ Devon we will get it right across the country, writes Sir Hugo Swire
The general election has shown that social care matters to people. It will take courage, commitment and extra funding to reform the system, writes Barbara Keeley
Agnes Chambre sits down with parliamentarians to find out more about the human side of politics. This week, former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown on being a tank, his love of literature and crying easily.
The Defence Select Committee must do more to protect the men and women of our Armed Forces, Johnny Mercer believes. The former Artillery Officer talks to Daniel Bond
Conservative MP Julian Lewis is standing to be re-elected chair of the Defence Select Committee against his colleague, Johnny Mercer. He outlines below why he's the right person for the job.
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee will not be short of issues to investigate in the coming parliament. The three Tory candidates for the post set out their stall below.
Four Labour candidates are vying for the top job of BEIS Select Committee chair in the new Parliament. Read why they think they're best placed to succeed Iain Wright below.
The race to succeed Andrew Tyrie as chair of the Treasury Select Committee is hotly contested. Below the candidates make their case for taking on one of the most powerful roles in Parliament.
Wes Streeting has been among the Labour leaderships’ strongest critics. After the general election, he says Jeremy Corbyn deserves the respect of all wings of his party – but still has work to do to convince the public that he can make the final step into government
Cross-party action is needed to ease the pain of funding health services – and it’s time to take ideas from everyone’s manifesto, says Sarah Wollaston. The Conservative MP talks to Sebastian Whale about her bid to be re-appointed as Health Select Committee chair
At the age of 74, Vince Cable is on the verge of securing the Liberal Democrat leadership. But the former business secretary insists he is signing up to be far more than a ‘caretaker’. He talks to Mark Leftly.
The hung parliament means party discipline – and those who enforce it – have never been more important, writes Kevin Maguire
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