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04/09/2024

🔴 There is concern among some Labour MPs that the Government decision to suspend the sale of some arms to Israel could damage relations with Jewish communities

There is concern among some Labour MPs that the Government decision to suspend the sale of some arms to Israel could damage relations with Jewish c...

04/09/2024

Today EDF have published their 2024 sustainable business progress update which outlines how EDF is delivering on their mission to help Britain achieve net zero.

Today at EDF we’ve published our 2024 sustainable business progress update which outlines how EDF is delivering on our mission to help Britain achi...

03/09/2024

🗣️ Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch accused people who are committed to leaving the European Convention of Human Rights of offering "easy answers" on illegal migration

Kemi Badenoch accused people who are committed to leaving the European Convention of Human Rights of offering 'easy answers' on illegal migration, ...

03/09/2024

Just in the past few weeks Sellafield Ltd have been delighted to host Lord Hunt the new Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven and Workington and Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser.

Given the size, scale and complexity of Sellafield in West Cumbria, it’s no surprise there’s a strong interest from key national and local stakehol...

02/09/2024

Many current and former MPs report receiving more emails from their constituents about animal welfare than any other issue.

🐕 🐷 Humane Society International - UK explain how they can help MPs to deliver the animal welfare protections constituents expect.

New and returning MPs will already have received emails about animal welfare from concerned constituents. Humane Society International/UK (HSI/UK) ...

01/09/2024

👉 “This is people's lives we're talking about”

✍️ PoliticsHome spoke to the new Kensington MP ahead of the Phase 2 report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry being published this week

Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater Joe Powell has said that the Grenfell Inquiry report coming out this week will be a “huge moment” for the co...

01/09/2024

🔨 The MP for Kensington Joe Powell believes there continues to be a building safety crisis in the UK, seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire

🗣️ He told PoliticsHome he expects the Grenfell Inquiry report this week to “heavily criticise” both the companies and the council involved

Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater Joe Powell has said that the Grenfell Inquiry report coming out this week will be a “huge moment” for the co...

01/09/2024

🗣️ “Wednesday is going to be about remembering the bereaved and survivors and the fact that it's taken so long to get here”

🇬🇧 New Kensington MP Joe Powell spoke to PoliticsHome about why it was important to put Grenfell “back on the political agenda”

Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater Joe Powell has said that the Grenfell Inquiry report coming out this week will be a “huge moment” for the co...

31/08/2024

🛡️ Calum Miller, a former civil servant and now Lib Dem MP, defended his party's decision to go in to coalition with the Tories

🗣️ “There were aspects of it that I think were genuinely positive and stable for the country, but clearly at an electoral level it was pretty damaging"

Calum Miller, Lib Dem MP for the new Bicester and Woodstock seat, talks to Tali Fraser about Donald Trump, UK riots, and being congratulated by Sue...

31/08/2024

🔶 "You can't grow up in a household where politics and social life is part of the currency of conversation and not be influenced by it"

👪 New Lib Dem MP Calum Miller told how his family upbringing shaped his own opinions

Calum Miller, Lib Dem MP for the new Bicester and Woodstock seat, talks to Tali Fraser about Donald Trump, UK riots, and being congratulated by Sue...

30/08/2024

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What will the new Lib Dems do?

🔶 Lib Dem MP for South Devon Caroline Voaden spoke to The Rundown about why she believes more state support is needed for widowed parents, having lost her husband at 34

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/263efd

30/08/2024

🌕 A new Lib Dem MP, who was widowed aged just 34, said the Government must do more to help bereaved families through the long-term impact of dealing with the death of a loved one

New MP Caroline Voaden said the government must do more to help bereaved families through the long-term impact of dealing with the death of a loved...

30/08/2024

💥 The newly-elected Labour MP told advisers at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) not to "ignore" concerns about immigration from working class voters

The newly-elected Labour MP for Dover and Deal told advisers at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago not to 'ignore' concerns about ...

29/08/2024

For UK casinos to thrive, reforms must come soon.

✍️ Damian Collins, former Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy and Minister for Gambling writes for PoliticsHome.

Outdated regulations are holding back UK casinos. As competition from online and offshore operators grows, urgent legislative action is needed to m...

29/08/2024

📊 A leading pollster has said there is "systematic" bias across the industry that led to Labour being overstated in General Election polls

The co-founder of a leading polling company has said that there is 'systematic' bias across the polling industry that led to the Labour Party being...

28/08/2024

🚨 The next Tory Party leader will have relatively little Cabinet experience to draw upon when they appoint their senior team

📉 Research from Institute for Government found that less half of the current Shadow Cabinet have been Cabinet ministers

The next leader of the Conservative Party will have relatively little Cabinet experience to draw upon when they appoint their senior team to oppose...

27/08/2024

🤕 "There is a Budget coming in October, and it's going to be painful."

👇 Keir Starmer said the country will have to "accept short term pain for long term good"

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the Autumn Budget will be 'painful' as the country will have to 'accept short term pain for long term goo...

26/08/2024

👴 🧓 The adult social care sector faces a "precarious" future, an industry leader has said, as new Home Office figures showed a sharp fall in visas granted to overseas workers

The adult social care sector faces a 'precarious' future, an industry leader has said, as new Home Office figures showed a sharp fall in visas gran...

25/08/2024

💷 A new push by the Labour Government to make sure pensioners do not miss out on financial support they are entitled to is unlikely to avert a rise in fuel poverty, charities have warned

A new push by the Labour Government to make sure pensioners do not miss out on financial support they are entitled to is unlikely to avert a rise i...

25/08/2024

🗣️ “It’s not only Lefties that are concerned about the UK’s position on these issues. That’s really not my experience on the doorsteps in North Herefordshire."

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 The war in Gaza has been an issue in which the Greens have tried to take ownership of, and in-turn has won them support among many young voters

Ellie Chowns has called for the House of Commons chamber to be redesigned as a hemicycle, to bring about more co-operation among parliamentarians.

25/08/2024

✅ Ellie Chowns, a new Green MP, said proportional representation could expose Reform UK as not “terribly effective” MPs

“I am definitely worried about [Nigel Farage], it's one of the things that drove me to get involved in politics in the first place"

Ellie Chowns has called for the House of Commons chamber to be redesigned as a hemicycle, to bring about more co-operation among parliamentarians.

25/08/2024

💥 Green MP Ellie Chowns said she would "love" to transform the House of Commons chamber into a hemicycle

“Let's take the opportunity to get rid of those walls [and] get rid of those voting lobbies. I’m sure it can be done [while retaining] of a lot of the heritage”

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23/08/2024

🚨OUT NOW🚨 The Tory Next Generation

🔵 Joe Robertson, MP for Isle of Wight East, spoke to Alain Tolhurst on what it was like to win his seat when so many Tories lost theirs, and how the party can rebuild in opposition

🎧 Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/2611de

23/08/2024

🤔 The catastrophic defeat suffered by the Conservative Party last month must be a “watershed moment” for how it organises and campaigns, according to one of its newly-elected MPs

Joe Robertson said there is “a widespread acceptance” that things need to change at Tory central office, known as CCHQ, after last month's catastro...

20/08/2024

🎫 The Conservative party is offering free conference passes to former Tory MPs who lost their seats at the General Election

🤔 But one party source said there should be greater focus on "refreshing, new voices and perspectives"

The Conservative party is offering free conference passes to former Tory MPs who lost their seats at the General Election.

20/08/2024

Read our latest 'In Conversation With'.

Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England, shares her insight on why children’s voices must be heard and her experiences of Whitehall.

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As Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza ensures that government, public bodies, and others fulfil their responsibilities to En...

19/08/2024

A new study from Mobile UK indicates that current planning laws do not cater to public attitudes and needs for mobile infrastructure.

🔽 They are calling on the government to review and reform the planning system.

A major new study by Mobile UK ‘How Connected Are You?’ has been published, exploring public perceptions of mobile connectivity and attitudes towar...

19/08/2024

⚡ New Climate APPG chair Luke Murphy has said the Government must avoid the mistakes of past "unjust" energy transitions such as the closure of the mines in the 1980s

Labour MP and new chair of the Climate All-Party Parliamentary Group Luke Murphy has said the Government must avoid the mistakes of past 'unjust' e...

18/08/2024

🎒 “In an ideal world, I would like our education to be free”.

✍️ Labour MP Tim Roca told PoliticsHome why he thinks “commercial levels of interest” on student loans is “unfair” on young people in the UK

Tim Roca, Macclesfield’s first ever Labour MP, used to protest against his own party’s position on tuition fees as a student leader in the late 200...

18/08/2024

🏘️ Freddie Poser, Executive Director at PricedOut, told PoliticsHome he was “really excited” to see the Government’s ambition on solving the housing crisis

📌 But he said the capital needed to form a bigger part of Labour’s plans, and that cutting the figure for London was a “mistake”

A pro-housing group is urging the Government to consider keeping the London housing target at 100,000 a year, rather than go ahead with plans to lo...