With the kick off of the new football season, we thought it timely to take a look at the Football Governance Act 2025 (“the Act”), a major legislative intervention that establishes new regulatory structures and oversight frameworks for England and Wales’ professional
A new report from the Fabian Society and supported by Youth Futures Foundation and the CIPD, released today (Wednesday 13th August) lays bare the failure of the Apprenticeship Levy, and calls for urgent and fundamental reform of the levy, to drive growth
Waltham Forest (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Walthamstow Marshes and WaterWorks Nature Reserve in Lee Valley Park retain the prestigious Green Flag Award, marking excellence in green space management. Among the 2,250 parks and green spaces in the UK that have met the
Southwark (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Southwark Council received 256 complaints to the ombudsman, trailing Lambeth (316) and Haringey (290) in the latest accountability figures across councils. 140 of the inquiries received in Southwark were related to housing, which constituted the great bulk
Hackney (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Hackney Council faces warnings over school behaviour policies deemed damaging and allegedly racist, prompting scrutiny from community leaders and experts. Hackney-based education and wellness organizations informed their local council Wednesday night that they were “sickened” with the
The UK farming sector has made it clear to government that it can shoulder no more pain on behalf of other sectors of the economy, as trade talks with the USA continue. Delivering a united message, UK farmers said further agricultural concessions
A new Fabian Society pamphlet by Dr Beccy Cooper MP, released today, calls on the government to radically rethink regulation of the British gambling sector. The pamphlet, Where’s the Harm? A public health approach to gambling, funded by the Coalition to End
New analysis from the Fabian Society, released today, shows living standards declined under the 2019-2024 government for the first time on record. The report, Better off: A plan to improve living standards in one parliament, funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust outlines
The Fabian Society today releases research that calls for new Universal Credit payments to tackle poverty for children under five. The report, First Steps – An ambitious strategy to tackle early years poverty with public consent, recommends several measures for the 2025
The Labour Government is today backing veterans with £50 million for VALOUR, the new UK wide approach to veteran support. Veterans across the UK will have easier access to essential care and support under a new VALOUR system being announced today, as
Candidates standing in this week’s local authority and mayoral elections are being urged by the NFU to back British farming over issues such as the family farm tax. Voters go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) with more than 1,600 seats up for
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) delivers its “YES to our hospices, NO to assisted suicide” postcard petition to No. 10 Downing Street. The petition was signed by 9,272 people. MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)
Young people are not registering to vote in anything like the same numbers as last year, a campaign group has warned. In the regulated campaign period for the 2024 local elections, nearly 168,000 applications were made by people under the age of
Community policing will be bolstered with an extra 3,000 neighbourhood officers by next year as Labour delivers security for working people, the Prime Minister announced yesterday. Through the government’s Plan for Change, Labour will get thousands more bobbies on beat with the
The NFU has responded to the news of 10% tariffs on UK exports to the US, calling the increase a challenge for the UK and for agriculture, with the US remaining the largest market for British agri-food products outside of the European
The NFU will use its conference today to call on the government to set a new course for British food and farming, starting with a reset in the relationship with the nation’s food producers – the farming families who are still reeling
The devastating impacts on farming families and the nation’s food security from the family farm tax sit squarely on government’s shoulders, the NFU said today, after ministers bluntly refused any suggestion of a compromise offered by farming unions and organisations. The stark
*Nearly two in three (64%) patients and carers have experienced at least one admin problem over the last year such as lost test results, inability to change or cancel appointments, or receiving incorrect information *One in five (20%) people who used the
Labour has announced that six English regions will be granted the power to elect mayors for the first time, delivering the single biggest mayoral devolution package in history. With new mayors, these regions will have unprecedented powers to drive local growth, improve
The NFU is urging the government to act on the recommendations of the National Preparedness Commission1, an independent group of experts in national crises planning, following a stark warning in its new report on food resilience that the UK’s food security is
Yesterday in Parliament MP Steffan Aquarone raised urgent concerns about failings in the care of Patricia, a 25-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa, and called for immediate action to save her life. Patricia has a life-threateningly low BMI and has been unable to
The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has heralded “a new era of child-centred government where children come first”, that enables them to achieve and thrive at school and beyond. Phillipson told the Labour Party conference that early education and childcare are her “first
Labour will announce today that the parts of the country with the highest number of people out of work due to ill health will receive priority support to cut NHS waiting lists, as part of the Labour government’s efforts to get people
Labour has announced plans to tackle the crisis in Armed Forces recruitment by ending outdated and unnecessary entry requirements and improving the path into the forces for new recruits. The Party claims the move will help fix the foundations of our forces
As the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner prepares to open Labour’s conference in Liverpool on Sunday, she has today committed to deliver devolution across the whole of the North, turbocharging growth in Britain’s northern heartlands. The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities
The Labour government has confirmed the scrapping of the planned £40 million renewal of the contract for what they are calling Rishi Sunak’s VIP helicopter service. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that it will not be renewing the helicopter service, used extensively
Previous Government accused of ‘sitting on their hands’ whilst local communities and businesses grapple with new border arrangementsGovernment announces expansion of French border control zone at Port of Dover to reduce risk of queues at peak times in Kent when new EU
During a visit to Hitachi’s rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has pledged to end the boom-and-bust cycle which is holding back Britain’s struggling rail manufacturing industry. On the visit, Keir Starmer and Shadow Transport Secretary Louise
Labour has promised to take immediate steps in government to swiftly and efficiently remove those with no right to be in the UK as part of a major overhaul, to restore some grip and credibility to the asylum and immigration system that
Keir Starmer has set out Labour’s plans to overhaul police vetting standards and root out rogue officers, as he challenged the Tories’ woeful inaction on tackling violence against women and girls. In Prime Minister’s Questions today (Wednesday 6 March), the Labour leader
Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has today launched a comprehensive review into major infrastructure projects across the UK, aiming to bring an end to years of Conservative waste and major project failures. The review, which will be supported
Following the start of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over the Gaza War at the International Court of Justice, two senior West Yorkshire MPs, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon, have today announced a series of Parliamentary Evidence Panels to investigate similar
Sir Keir Starmer has today promised to end the scandal of plummeting child health outcomes over the last 14 years as he unveils a new ‘Child Health Action Plan’ to create the healthiest and happiest generation of children ever in Britain. Ahead
