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MPs warn of confusion over 'true impact' of Tory voter ID checks on local election turnout

A senior Labour backbencher warned the Government that different systems in operation at polling stations across the country may confuse figures about the real number of people denied a vote

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

Tory minister refuses to say if number of voters without photo ID will be fully recorded

MPs accuse Rachel Maclean of being unable to answer how government will record impact of new system

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023

Gay MP feared how football fans would treat him after coming out

Devoted Sheffield Wednesday fan Clive Betts said the reaction had been overwhelmingly positive

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023

Vulnerable people in supported housing ‘victims of terrible crimes’, says report

Loopholes in legislation turning sector into ‘a licence to print money’ for unscrupulous providers in England

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

Exempt housing system ‘a complete mess’ which fails vulnerable residents – MPs

People in need of support are being exploited, while providers make excessive profits by capitalising on loopholes, MPs said.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Flagship Bill ‘does little to reassure that levelling up is more than a slogan’

MPs have warned that councils need more funding for the levelling up agenda to be a success.

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

'We should all feel a sense of shame': Heartbreak and anger after boy, 2, living in damp-ridden flat dies

Awaab Ishak was living in a Rochdale apartment block when he died

Manchester Evening News · Aug 20, 2022

Britain's 'ravaged' social care sector urgently needs funding before 2023, MPs warn

Commnons Committee chairman and Labour MP Clive Betts said the Government 'deserves credit' for attempting reform but that the Government has only 'come close' to rescuing social care, with a long way to go.

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

‘Ravaged’ social care sector needs more money before year is out – MPs

A cash injection and a long-term plan is needed to help the sector meet immediate cost pressures and become sustainable, LUHC committee said.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Social housing tenants living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, MPs warn

Cross-party group warns of increasingly ‘appalling’ conditions in England’s social housing stock

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022