Like much of the international community, I look on with despair as Yemen’s deadly conflict and humanitarian crisisenters its eight year. With two-thirds of the population in desperate need of aid and the country’s social fabric torn apart, the gravity of the
While not quite unanimous in their speculation over what this month’s local elections mean for the coming General Election, there is broad consensus that it was a pretty rotten night for the Tories even if, as The Sun put it, ‘short of
In my capacity as MP for East Antrim and also in my previous role as the Environment Minster in the Northern Ireland Assembly I met His Majesty on a number of occasions when he was the Prince of Wales. He took a
This year is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. Today is World Press Freedom Day. It makes this debate particularly timely. I will concentrate on China, including Hong Kong; North Korea;
LThe Labour Party has delivered a damming verdict on the Government’s Housing policy, publishing a new analysis that claims a child born this year has less than a one in three chance of being a homeowner by the age of 50, as
Twelve years ago, the scandal of abuse at Winterbourne View was revealed by BBC Panorama. The mistreatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in inappropriate inpatient settings brought the issue into public and political consciousness. At the timethe scale of
Nigel Lawson was easily one of the most consequential chancellors of the modern era, only Gordon Brown can claim to have had a greater impact but for quite different reasons. Where Lawson cut tax, Brown redistributed wealth on a scale still not
Labour has demanded that Rishi Sunak’s Government “get on the side of working people” and enforce a freeze on Council Tax, as ONS figures confirm for the first time that 2022 was a record year for North Sea Oil and Gas profits.
Nigel Lawson was a titan of the conservative party who dedicated five decades of his life to public service, a former chancellor, MP, journalist and peer he has died at 91. Lord Lawson was a key figure in Margaret Thatcher’s governments, who
Keep Parking Fair is warning that a proposed Private Parking Code of Practice for private car park operators will cause parking chaos, reward irresponsible drivers, and lead to millions more motorists ending up in court every year. The private parking industry body
