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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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