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Scottish Independence Poll

The latest Scottish opinion polling data, detailing current levels of support for the 'Yes' and the 'No' side, and how this has changed over the years.Read More

Shah, Naz

Labour MP for Bradford West. Defeated George Galloway. Forced into an arranged marriage when she was younger. Chair of mental health charity, Sharing Voices Bradford.Read More
Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond

Having left the SNP, the former party leader and Scottish First Minister, set up the Alba Party. However he failed to secure more than 2% of the vote in the 2021 Scottish elections.Read More
Chris Skidmore is MP for Kingswood, Conservative

Skidmore, Chris

Conservative MP for Kingswood. Former Universities Minister, who has taught history at Bristol University. One time journalist who has written a number of history books.Read More
Alok Sharma is MP for Reading West, Conservative

Sharma, Sir Alok

Sir Alok Sharma, is the UK Cabinet Minister who will be President of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. He was born in India, but moved to Reading, where he is now the MP, at the age of five. Read More

Scottish Independence

An overview of the debate around Scottish independence, covering the latest opinion polls, the arguments made around independence on either side, and the issues that would need to be resolved in the event of a 'Yes' vote.Read More

Smith, Jeff

Labour MP for Manchester Withington. Former events manager, DJ, and night club promoter, Manchester City Councillor. Favour decriminalising cannabis. Bruce Springsteen and Manchester City fan.Read More

Rishi Sunak net worth

An overview of the published financial affairs of the prime minister Rishi Sunak. How wealthy is he? What does he pay in tax? Is it a political problem for him?Read More
Rishi Sunak MP

Rishi Sunak’s parents

An overview of the family background of prime minister RIshi Sunak. Who are his parents, and what did they do?Read More
SATS

SATS

An overview of Standard Assessment Tests (SATS), their history, how they operate, and the political arguments that surround them.Read More

Social housing

An overview of social housing provision in the United Kingdom, and of the political debates surrounding this sector of the housing market.Read More

Speed cameras

An overview of speed cameras in the UK, how they operate, their number, history, the attitude of public opinion, and the arguments made for and against their use.Read More
State Pension Age

State pension age UK

An overview of the ongoing changes being made to the state pension age in the UK, alongside a discussion of the political debate and legal challenges surrounding them.Read More

Lady Victoria Starmer

A profile of Lady Victoria Starmer, the wife of the current labour leader, and former solicitor who once remarked 'Who the ***, does he think he is".Read More

Scottish Government – Composition

The Scottish Government is made up of the First Minister, Cabinet Secretary's, junior Scottish Ministers below Cabinet level. Here are the details of the current Scottish Executive.Read More
IndyRef2

Scottish Independence Referendum

An overview of IndyRef2, the legal framework surrounding a second vote, the arguments made for and against such a poll, and the growing rise in support for Scottish Independence.Read More

School leaving age

An overview of the school leaving age in the UK, the current provisions, and the history and political debates around the issue.Read More

Sunak, Rishi

Rishi Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2020 and 2022. Runner up in the 2022 Conservative leadership election. Sunak’s parents came to the UK from east Africa. His father was a GP and his mother ran her own local chemist shop. He was once voted Britain's sexiest MP.Read More
Mark Spencer is MP for Sherwood, Conservative

Spencer, Mark

Conservative MP for Sherwood. Farming minister. Former Leader of the House of Commons. Former Leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip under Boris Johnson. Farmer, who has also been involved in a garden centre business. Former President of the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. Once a Nottinghamshire County Councillor. Read More