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22/12/2025

Most people mistakenly believe supermarket labels like 'welfare assured' mean animals have not suffered. Mandatory Method of Production labelling will empower consumers and support better animal welfare in farming.

✍️ Claire Bass, Senior Managing Director, Campaigns and Public Affairs, Humane World for Animals

Most people mistakenly believe supermarket labels like 'welfare assured' mean animals have not suffered. Mandatory Method of Production labelling w...

22/12/2025

"I didn’t feel like I got the fairest edit" - Zack Davies on the Traitors and working in Parliament

If you work on the parliamentary estate and are a fan of a certain reality game show, you may have found yourself doing a double-take and wondering...

21/12/2025

🏫 Andy Burnham says reform to the special educational needs and disabilities system "needs to start from a principle about nothing being taken away"

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Exclusive: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said that reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system must “start ...

20/12/2025

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20/12/2025

🚗 Road pricing is an idea loved by economists and feared by politicians

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now edged Britain closer than ever to pay-per-mile motoring – but how did she get away with it?

With Rachel Reeves announcing that drivers of electric cars will face a pay-per-mile charge from 2028, Tom Scotson reports that road pricing has be...

19/12/2025

🎄 Casinos are becoming a key part of Britain’s Christmas night-out scene, helping keep city centers lively and the night-time economy thriving alongside pubs, bars and theatres.


https://www.politicshome.com/members/article/casinos-becoming-essential-britains-christmas-nights-nighttime-economy-stronger

19/12/2025

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Lifting the lid on the Whips Office

🔐 Former Conservative Chief Whip Lord Simon Hart speaks to PoliticsHome about the secrets of the whips office and his new political life in the House of Lords

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19/12/2025

A group of Labour MPs has urged the government to extend a scheme allowing Palestinian students to study in the UK.

They told PoliticsHome that they know of students in Gaza who have been offered places at UK universities, but have been unable to leave the region. The scheme is due to close at the end of this month.

“We will confirm the future of the scheme in due course, and we are actively looking at solutions to support the outstanding students to arrive," a government spokesperson told Tom Scotson.

Labour MPs are urging the government to extend a scheme allowing Palestinian students to come and study in the UK.

18/12/2025

📈 The clean energy transition offers huge opportunities, but success depends on certainty.

✍️ Dr Kirsten Oliver, WSP in the UK & Ireland, argues the government must deliver a consistent, long-term regulatory framework.

The UK’s clean energy ambitions are bold, and the opportunities are enormous. To ensure success, businesses need clarity, certainty, and practical ...

17/12/2025

Achieving government ambitions on housing and AI cannot happen in isolation.

✍️ Gareth Elliott, Mobile UK, writes we must not overlook the invisible foundation of modern prosperity: world-class mobile connectivity.

Achieving government ambitions on housing and AI cannot happen in isolation. National policies must recognise mobile connectivity’s enabling role. ...

17/12/2025

🌳 Biodiversity Net Gain is helping to regenerate brownfield land, unlock private investment and create healthier communities across the UK.

✍️ Simon Towers, Green Earth Developments Group, outlines why undermining this policy now would risk stalling progress for nature and the economy.

From regenerating brownfield sites to improving community wellbeing, Biodiversity Net Gain is delivering measurable benefits for nature and people....

17/12/2025

What does Andrea Egan's historic victory mean for Keir Starmer and Labour?

The new general secretary of Unison is a strong critic of the Starmer government, criticising the PM, Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting. Ominously for the government, she has also said she'll make the country's largest union less nervous about going on strike.

She has pledged to review the union's relationship with Labour, which could include donations to the party worth millions. However, internal dynamics mean ending affiliation is far from straightforward, writes Sienna Rodgers.

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