Big tobacco should be forced to pay ‘polluter pays levy’ – MPs They called for more action to make smoking ‘obsolete’ in 20 years. The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Pro-Israel Westminster group refuses to reveal funding A WESTMINSTER group focused on Israel has refused to reveal how it is funded. The National (Scotland) · Apr 1, 2025
Cycle to Work scheme should be expanded to include freelancers and pensioners, say MPs All-party group also calls for action on menace of pavement parking Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025
MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025
New report calls for return of human remains – but UK museums lack the resources to act The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) published a report on the African human remains collected by British museums during, and due to, colonialism and the slave trade. The Conversation · Mar 18, 2025
Thieves who steal from lorries ‘organised crime’, says MP in crackdown call Labour MP Rachel Taylor called for a new crime code so that police can better track freight crime. Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025
Mental health charities struggling to cope with GP-referral influx Exclusive: Under-qualified professionals being asked to treat patients in England as NHS leans on third sector The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025
Britain should resettle at least 5,000 refugees each year, says cross-party group of MPs Former child refugee Lord Dubs among those calling on government to improve safe and legal routes to come to the UK The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
Roman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bn The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025
80 homeless children died while living in temporary accommodation last year, new figures show In the past five years, temporary housing has been listed as a possible factor in the deaths of 74 children The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Temporary accommodation possible factor in deaths of 74 children in England Children from deprived areas overrepresented in figures from all-party parliamentary group The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
Temporary accommodation ‘possible factor’ in 74 child deaths in five years The figures have been branded ‘shocking’ and a ‘shameful tragedy’. Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025
Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services. Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025
UK MPs withdraw report criticising current Bangladesh regime over ‘bias’ Exclusive: Complaints said report was 'inaccurate’ and biased in favour of ousted Sheikh Hasina’s government The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025 Badenoch ‘wrong’ to claim Islamophobia definition bars talking about ‘groomers’ The group behind the definition said it only applied to attempts to ‘smear’ all Muslims collectively.
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025 Tories accuse Labour of 'cowardice' after MPs block national inquiry into grooming gangs Conservative amendment rejected in Commons by 364 votes to 111
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024 Watchdog hits out at Government's decision not to compensate 'Waspi women' Campaigners branded the Government’s decision not to compensate affected women ‘bizarre and totally unjustified’
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024 Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation The Government said a blanket compensation scheme for Waspi women, which could cost taxpayers up to £10.5 billion, cannot be justified.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024 Labour seems to be flailing, but keep faith: Starmer’s long-term plans are both radical and sound Goals for low-carbon energy, prison reforms, housebuilding and more are ambitious and nation-changing. They won’t happen overnight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024 FCA is ‘incompetent at best, dishonest at worst’, claim MPs and peers Financial watchdog needs a radical shake-up after scandals and failures, says all-party group’s report
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024 Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies Money to be used to fund education and treatment of gambling harms in plans to be unveiled as soon as this week
The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024 David Lammy warned over rise of Islamist extremism and political turmoil in Bangladesh A cross-party group of MPs have warned of a deteriorating situation in Bangladesh following the collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government at the start of August 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024 Tory MP Danny Kruger investigated by standards watchdog over assisted dying funds High-profile campaigner against new law facing questions over parliamentary group financed by Christian right
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024 How the National Trust fought back against the culture warriors Attempts to exert influence on the conservation charity have been vigorously resisted but it remains vigilant
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024 Regulators urged to examine UK business dealings with Bangladeshi ex-minister HMRC and FCA asked to look into property deals by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury now under investigation in Dhaka