Reference
Carers Allowance

Carers allowance

An overview of Carer's Allowance, how it operates, its level, the history of the allowance, and the various proposals made for reform.Read More
Capital punishment

Death Penalty UK

An overview of capital punishment, its history in the UK, current public opinion, its continuing existence across parts of the world, and the arguments made for and against its use.Read More
More band news for town halls?

Council tax band

An overview of Council Tax, how it works, what it collects, arguments for and against the current system, and suggestions for reform.Read More
Child Maintenance

Child maintenance

An overview of the child maintenance system in the UK, how it currently operates, its history, its role in tackling child poverty, recent reforms, and the associated controversies.Read More
Cybercrime

Computer Misuse Act

The 1990 Computer Misuse Act represented the first major legislative attempt to tackle cyber threats and criminalise hacking, viruses, malware, and spyware. There were 441 prosecutions under the Computer Misuse Act between 2007 and 2018.Read More

Congestion charge in London

An overview of the London congestion charge, covering its current operation and levels, its history, and the conflicting arguments made arounds its impact and benefits.Read More
Alastair Campbell said UK's media has been subverted by a small number of journalists

Campbell, Alistair

The former Downing Street Director of Communications remains involved in politics. He is a triathlete, cold water swimmer, and an accomplished player of the bagpipes.Read More

Cigarette Tax

An overview of cigarette taxation in the UK, covering the history of tobacco duty, current taxation levels, and the arguments involved in the debate around tobacco duty.Read More
Johnson presides over his new Cabinet on Friday morning.

Cabinet

The Cabinet is the pre-eminent body of government of the United Kingdom. Meetings of the full Cabinet are normally held once a week on a Thursday morning, although historically the frequency has varied.Read More

Cleverly, James

Conservative MP for Braintree. Foreign Secretary. Former Conservative Party Chairman. Once a member of the Greater London Assembly. Was in the army, before working in sales, and setting up his own web publishing firm. Army reservist.Read More
Therese Coffey is MP for Suffolk Coastal, Conservative

Coffey, Therese

Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal. Environment secretary, formerly briefly deputy prime minister and health secretary. Has a PhD in chemistry. Former Finance Manager at Mars and the BBC. Liverpool FC fan, who likes the band, The Muse.Read More
Pluralism

Census

The census for England and Wales is carried out by the Office of National Statistics every 10 years, with the aim of building a detailed snapshot of society.Read More

Conservative Party

The Conservative Party is the governing party in the British House of Commons. Sitting on the centre right of the political spectrum, the Conservatives are the oldest party still represented in Parliament. With every decade older that a voter becomes, their chance of voting Conservative is said to increase by around 9%.Read More
Crown prosecution guilty of breaching the human rights act

Crown Prosecution Service

An overview of the Crown Prosecution Service, coverings its operations, history, and criticisms regularly levelled at the prosecutor.Read More
Official records show James Callaghan threatened to resign as PM rather than give in to possible police strike

Callaghan, James

Jim Callaghan is Britain‘s longest-lived Prime Minister, dying at the age of 93, A former tax inspector, he is the only person to have ever held all four ‘great offices‘ of the British state.Read More
Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, on police privatisation and financial crime

Cooper, Yvette

Yvette Cooper is the Shadow Home Secrtary, former Labour Cabinet Minister and former Chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee. She is married to Ed Balls. Her father was once General Secretary of the Trade Union, Prospect.Read More
Gregory Campbell MP

Campbell, Gregory

DUP MP for Londonderry East. Former Civil Servant, and MLA. Social Conservative.Read More

Colburn, Elliot

Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington. Elected in 2019 at the age of 26. Former Sutton councillor who worked in public affairs. Supporter of trans rights.Read More

Clarkson, Chris

Conservative MP for Heywood and Middleton. Former lawyer and Corporate Development Manager. Called 'scum' by Angela Rayner in the Commons. Former Salford Councillor. Member of the Tory Reform Group, is on the left of the party.Read More