Haringey (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Residents in Haringey gathered to launch a year-long celebration of Black history and heritage, marking a key cultural moment for the borough. Tuesday night’s event, which featured live music, poetry, panel discussions, and speeches, was held at
Havering (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Plans to demolish buildings in Rainham, Havering, for new flats and shop space were rejected, with officials calling the project “materially harmful” to the area. “The demolition of existing buildings and construction of Class A1 Unit of
Ealing (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ealing environmental groups are opposing a 17.5-metre telecoms mast on Brentham Meadows, warning it endangers one of London’s most protected green spaces. Residents are being urged to protest the application by MBNL, a joint venture between EE
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Conservatives call on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to face MPs after the China spy case collapsed, accusing his government of failing to provide key evidence. As reported by The Independent, Keir Starmer faces pressure to explain himself
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urges a police crackdown on offensive chants at pro-Palestinian protests after students defy warnings. As reported by The Telegraph, Sir Keir Starmer calls for stricter police action against offensive chants at
Jerusalem (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla, detaining passengers, while activists claimed the seizure was illegal in international waters. As reported by Sky News, Israel’s foreign ministry confirms it intercepted an activist flotilla trying to reach Gaza
Hillingdon (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Two males are in hospital after a fight on Station Road, West Drayton. Police have launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses to come forward. When the Metropolitan Police arrived on Brandville Road in Hillingdon at 6:06
Haringey (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Haringey Council is investing £3.6m to upgrade leisure centres and equipment, addressing a backlog of repairs after bringing sites in-house last year. Here is what has been done and accomplished over the past 12 months at the
Hackney (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Hackney Council’s new deal to cap select e-bike fares at £1.75 has drawn a mixed response from residents, highlighting tensions over transport costs and access. Last week, Hackney Council declared that the cost of renting a dockless
Bexley (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Plans for new padel courts and a tattoo studio have been submitted to Bexley Council, adding to the borough’s growing list of redevelopment proposals. Crook Log Sports Centre, located on Brampton Road in Bexleyheath, has put forward
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick warned by Attorney General Lord Hermer not to prejudice future proceedings in Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh case As reported by The Independent, Lord Hermer has warned Robert Jenrick not to
The United Kingdom (UK) is generally called Britain, which enables us to understand that it can be described most accurately as a unitary state wherein its political and constitutional prearrangements are based on centralization. Sovereignty ultimately lies with the UK Parliament in
Egypt (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Israel and Hamas held indirect talks in Egypt, agreeing on key ceasefire and hostage terms, as Israel marked two years since the October 7 attacks. As reported by The Independent, two years after Hamas’s October 7 attack,
Haringey (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Police have named 19-year-old Marcus Fakana as the victim of Friday’s fatal collision in Tottenham, Haringey. On Friday morning, at approximately 12.52 a.m., police officers made an effort to stop an automobile. They lost sight of the
Southall (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A man and a teenager are fighting for their lives, and another has been stabbed amid a series of violent incidents reported in Southall this week. Three significant incidents have occurred in the capital within the last
City of Westminster (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A “world class” casino and restaurant are set to open inside London’s iconic Trocadero after Westminster Council approved a key planning application. Genting Casinos UK’s plans, which include converting the 13 Coventry Street location into
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison and fined $500,000 after being convicted on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution. Despite acquittals on more serious charges, the judge underscored the severity
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Downing Street has firmly denied any government interference in the collapse of the trial against two men accused of spying for China, stressing that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made its decision independently. The charges were dropped
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The US Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal against her 20-year sex trafficking conviction related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse ring, leaving her sentence intact. Maxwell’s legal team argued that a 2007 non-prosecution agreement with
England (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Green Party has passed a motion at its 2025 conference committing to the gradual abolition of private landlords in England and Wales, advocating increased council housing and rent controls. This policy aims to tackle the housing
New analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) demonstrates the urgency of scrapping the two-child limit, alongside a key reform to Universal Credit. A “protected minimum floor” would introduce a safety net into Universal Credit below which no one should fall, by
The Labour Government say they will “mobilise the power of the state to build a new generation of new towns and restore the dream of home ownership to thousands of families”, the Housing Secretary is expected to said on Sunday. Steve Reed
The Labour government will deliver new homeownership opportunities for Armed Forces’ families and veterans as part of a drive to boost housebuilding on Ministry of Defence land. John Healey, Labour’s Defence Secretary, will announce the new ‘Forces First’ approach in a speech
Today, Monday 29th September, in her first speech to Labour Party Conference as Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood will announce that legal migrants must contribute to society to earn the right to stay for good. The Home Secretary has set out a series
The Crime and Policing Bill (hereafter “the Bill”) is the Labour Government’s first big intervention in the field of criminal law, policing powers, and public order management in the United Kingdom. But what are the Bill’s core provisions, its legislative intentions, and
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
