Three committees have now passed damning judgement on the Home Office's draft Investigatory Powers Bill. But will they listen? Three parliamentary committees have now reported on the Home Secretary's…
After losing her seat in the election, Lib-Dem Jo Swinson is focusing on getting a better deal for mothers at work. And that means helping dads take parental leave too, she tells Rosamund Urwin Jo…
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today - the rather topical issue of gender and candidates with a study from last year which…
Have we reached the point when it is right to move from fightback to something more positive? Talking of fightback made sense for a while after the election, when we werevbruised after an…
Britain is facing a national emergency in housing. Millions of people are living in fear and desperation without a secure, affordable place to call home. This fear is tearing communities apart and…
On Thursday, her last day in the House of Lords before her retirement, Shirley Williams spent 20 minutes talking to Victoria Derbyshire. You can watch the conversation, which covered women in…
CONSERVATIVE plans to slash the income of the Labour Party have been described as 'petty and spiteful' by former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. Reforms set out in the Trade Union Bill would end the…
A sudden spike in the number of mental health patients dying unexpectedly in NHS care has prompted calls for a wide-ranging investigation into "threadbare" services that are "struggling to cope". New…
The four Lib Dem County Councillors continue to be part of the Administration Group, comprising also 36 Conservatives and 3 Independents that has been running the Lincolnshire County Council since…
