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Strengthening parliaments across the Commonwealth

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK) and international development charity VSO are pooling their expertise to improve representative democracy across the Commonwealth.

Action for Children backs Munro report

The charity Action for Children has welcomed recommendations on child protection but said many social workers still feel powerless to intervene to stop abuse or neglect.

NHS warned over online records plan

The Department of Health's new ten-year framework for transforming online information for the NHS, public health and social care has been cautiously welcomed by the King's Fund.

Truss proposals 'will not solve childcare crisis'

A new report by Conservative MP Liz Truss on childcare has met with a mixed response from charities and groups representing the sector.

G8 should 'commit to concrete actions'

Ben Jackson, chief executive of Bond, responds to David Cameron's exclusive article for PoliticsHome, on his ambitions for the G8 summit.

Is it that G(R)8?

It is encouraging to see the aid agenda so prominently addressed by David Cameron, but he fails to propose any innovative solutions, says War Child.

Retaining public support for forests is 'vital'

A Westminster seminar has debated the benefits of woodland expansion and the need to "create a long-term vision for forests."

Delivering a brighter future for the nation's forests

Sian Atkinson, the lead author for The State of the UK’s Forests, Woods and Trees speaks to PoliticsHome about this report, the challenges faced by the forestry sector and the Woodland Trust’s forthcoming policy seminar at Queen Anne’s Gate.

People of South Sudan 'feel ignored by the West'

I have just returned from a harrowing visit to four locations in South Sudan near the border with the Republic of Sudan, writes Baroness Cox.

CWU: Queen's Speech plans are bad for workers

MPs will discuss the impact of the government’s legislative programme on jobs and growth today.

'Proper delegation please – not abdication'

The well educated folk who occupy the front benches in the House of Commons appear as if they have seldom rubbed shoulders with reality, says Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

Peer condemns government refusal to publish NHS risk register

The government is not publishing the NHS transition risk register to 'avoid political embarrassment', says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.





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