This is a guest post by Green peer Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Natalie Bennett), who was leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. What’s been called the development ...

During an eventful weekend, Matt Hancock resigned from his position of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care after he and his aide Gina Coladangelo were caught on camera kissing in his Whitehall office, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the justice system and has created an unprecedented backlog of court cases, presenting a challenge to the courts like never before. The impacts of lockdowns and ...

The G7 communique, published at the end of the summit last Sunday, sets out six areas of global action: 1) End the pandemic and prepare for the future, 2) Reinvigorate our economies, 3) Secure our ...

The Education Recovery Commissioner Sir Kevan Collins’ letter of resignation followed the Government’s announcement that it was offering a further £1.5bn in education catch up support for young people, around 10% of what he had ...

The G7 has agreed to back a historic two pillar international agreement on global tax reform that will mean the largest multinational tech giants will pay their fair share of tax in the countries in ...

This is a post from Daniel Loman and Jennifer Prescott.  Despite Number 10 saying there is no reshuffle planned speculation continues to mount as to what changes the Prime Minister may decide to make to ...

The PRCA is calling for reviews and reform from Parliamentary authorities following its research into the granting of over 200 Parliamentary passes to representatives of organisations likely to be engaged in lobbying. The analysis of ...

The Economy Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. GDP  UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 2.1% in March 2021, ...

The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Covid-19 spread  On Monday the UK COVID-19 alert level moved from level 4 to level 3 ...

The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Vaccine rollout   The Covid-19 vaccine rollout reached 50 million administered doses this week. More than 34 million ...

The Economy Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Older workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic  While the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

This is a guest post from BDB Pitmans head of public affairs Stuart Thomson.  The recent outcry about David Cameron’s efforts at lobbying have been followed-up with stories about texts between the Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...

The Economy Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Economic outlook  Independent, business-led coalition which aims to provide ‘new ideas to ensure that ...

The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Labour calls for NHS rescue plan   New analysis from the Labour Party has revealed the ...

The Economy Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Unemployment  Headline indicators for the UK labour market for December 2020 to February 2021 show employment ...

The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Pandemic response The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has continued with momentum this week. On Monday the Government ...

The ‘pre-election period’ or ‘purdah’ refers to the period of time in the run-up to an election in which announcements by governments and local authorities are restricted. This helps to prevent the incumbents from gaining ...

The Economy Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. GDP  UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in February 2021, as ...

The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, sent every Thursday. You can sign up to receive your copy here. Vaccine programme target hit    Vaccination efforts have continued this week as the Government hit its target to offer everybody ...