An overview of airline passenger duty, how it works, its history, the amount raised, and the various arguments made for and against reforming the levy. Only Chad has higher flight taxes than the UK.Read More

The Alcohol Health Alliance calls on all political parties to commit to action on alcohol harm with a comprehensive evidence-based strategy, free from alcohol industry influence. The Alcohol Health Alliance manifesto for a future free from alcohol harm is centred around the following four key areas:  1. Protect children and support people impacted by alcohol...Read More

Reform MP for Ashfield who joined the party in March 2023 having lost the Conservative whip. Former Deputy Conservative Party Chairman. Former miner from a family of striking miners. Ex Labour Councillor, who defected to the Tories over Brexit. Opposed to England's footballers taking the knee.Read More

Conservative MP for Louth & Horncastle. Health Secretary. Former Fraud barrister. Daughter of a Conservative MP.Read More

An overview of government policy on artificial intelligence. What are the threats and opportunities presented by AI for the UK?Read More

Diane Abbott was the first black woman to be elected to Parliament. The veteran left winger has been an MP for well over thirty years. At school she performed in Romeo and Juliet with Michael Portillo, albeit not in the title roles.Read More

Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow. Prime Minster's Trade Envoy to Bangladesh. Local to Tower Hamlets. Former IPPR researcher. Jointly Britain's first ever female Muslim MP.Read More

Labour MP for Tooting. Hospital doctor who still works shifts. Has undertaken humanitarian medical aid in Gaza and Africa. Came second in the 2020 Labour Deputy leadership election. Amateur boxer.Read More

Labour MP for Leicester South. Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Professional politician, who was once Special Advisor to Gordon Brown. Self describes as a 'book-worm'.Read More

An overview of abortion, covering the current legal framework in the UK, the history of the issue, and the ongoing political debate around abortion.Read More

An overview of the alcohol duty regime in the UK: current duty levels, their history, the impact of Brexit, and the arguments made for and against higher alcohol duties.Read More

An overview of the academy school programme in the UK, its history, operation, and roll out, alongside the arguments made by the supporters and opponents of acadmies.Read More

An overview of the Ambulance Service, the emergency response wing of the National Health Service (NHS).Read More

Conservative MP for Charnwood. Justice minister. Former chief secretary ot the treasury. Junior health Minister during the coronavirus crisis. Worked in public affairs for Serco. Westminster City Councillor.Read More

An overview of the apprenticeship system in the UK; its history, how it operates and is funded, and the debate around the current system.Read More

An overview of arts funding, covering the current provisions, and the arguments made for and against public funding of the sector.Read More

ADASS is the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in England.  We are a membership charity, a leading, independent voice of adult social care. We promote higher standards of social care services and influence policies and decision-makers to transform the lives of people needing and providing care – so that all of us needing...Read More

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland describes itself as a non-sectarian party which advocates co-operation between nationalist and unionist communities. Advancing in the polls in recent years, the Alliance Party is now the third largest political party in Northern Ireland.Read More

Conservative MP for Wrexham. Briefly a junior defence minister. Previously served in the army. Later worked as a social worker and a nurse. First ever female Conservative MP in Wales. Ran a micro brewery.Read More